Gmail account history

Here's a brief history of Gmail:

2004: Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, by Google. The service was initially announced as a beta version, with a free 1 GB of storage space, which was a significant amount at the time.

2005: Gmail became a full-fledged service, and its storage capacity was increased to 2 GB. The service also introduced threaded conversations, which allowed users to view related emails as a single conversation.

2006: Gmail introduced its popular "labels" feature, which allowed users to categorize and organize their emails using keywords rather than folders.

2007: Gmail introduced its "Priority Inbox" feature, which used algorithms to prioritize important emails and move less important ones to a separate section.

2009: Gmail introduced its "Chat" feature, which allowed users to have real-time conversations with friends and family.

2011: Gmail introduced its "Undo Send" feature, which allowed users to retract an email within a few seconds of sending it.

2012: Gmail introduced its "Compose" feature, which allowed users to compose emails in a new window rather than in the inbox.

2013: Gmail introduced its "Tabbed Inbox" feature, which organized emails into separate tabs for primary, social, promotions, and updates.

2014: Gmail introduced its "Material Design" interface, which gave the service a fresh new look.

2015: Gmail introduced its "Inbox by Gmail" feature, which used machine learning to categorize and prioritize emails.

2017: Gmail introduced its "Smart Reply" feature, which allowed users to quickly respond to emails with pre-written responses.

2018: Gmail introduced its "Confidential Mode" feature, which allowed users to send emails that could not be forwarded or printed.

2020: Gmail introduced its "Smart Compose" feature, which used machine learning to suggest complete sentences and phrases as users typed.

Today, Gmail is one of the most popular email services in the world, with over 1.5 billion active users. It continues to evolve and improve with new features and updates.

Here's a timeline of Gmail's major updates: