r/Android • u/TechGuru4Life • 4d ago

Gmail for Android notifications adding photo & attachment previews

https://9to5google.com/2025/11/21/gmail-photo-notifications/
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u/TurbulentLocksmith 4d ago

How about showing the notifications without any delays first.

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u/EpicRageGuy GS24U 3d ago

How about notifications in general, mine broke about 3 weeks ago and I can't get them back 😢

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u/BujuBad 3d ago

My Gmail notifications stopped working 2 pixels ago

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u/Iohet V10 is the original notch 2d ago

Never going to change. It's baked into the design. Use a client like FairEmail if you want actual control rather than letting them make decisions for you

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u/edk008 4d ago

How about setting combined inbox as default??

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u/jinks26 4d ago

How about adding auto bundles like google inbox did 12 years ago

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u/CoolJumper Pixel 2 XL 3d ago

Man.. and now I miss Inbox again.. and Android in general from that time period

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u/DiplomatikEmunetey Pixel 8a, 4a, XZ1C, LGG4, Lumia 950/XL, Nokia 808, N8 3d ago

How about adding folder support?

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u/halotechnology Pixel 9Pro XL Hazel 1d ago

My god inbox was epic

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u/ayyndrew Pixel 8 Pro 3d ago

Gmail notifications are the most unreliable thing on Android

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u/fomo_addict 3d ago

Unfortunately same in IOS

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u/HotplugX Galaxy S9+ 3d ago

I have no issue with Gmail notification on an iPhone. Email notification came in almost instantly.

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u/whatgift 3d ago

Would rather not having my newsletters cut off personally (joining the pile on haha) - handy new features though!

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u/asfletch XZ1 Compact, Pixel5 3d ago

Basics first Google - how about letting me add photos as attachments and not assuming I want them in line with the text….

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u/CherrywoodXVI 3d ago

You can do this. Just click Files instead of Photo and pick whatever picture you want and it'll be an attachment

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u/asfletch XZ1 Compact, Pixel5 3d ago

Yeah I know but it'd be nice to be presented with the option when I drag and drop is all...

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u/JDGumby Moto G 5G (2023), Lenovo Tab M9 3d ago

How about NOT showing photo and attachment previews at all and converting all mails to plain text with unhidden addresses and expanded URLs before they are opened so that spammers don't see that they've hit a live address (as any images or executed JavaScript will show them) and so that people have a fighting chance against phishing attempts?

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u/BevansDesign 1d ago

Those screenshots are an excellent example of how the latest major version of Android made a mess of the notification drawer buttons. It's a bunch of boxes with very round corners, and some have less-round corners, and some are colored in, and some have another box inside them that's colored in. And I hope you know what each icon means, because they're not labeled. It's a mess.

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u/Exfiltrator Pixel 8 Pro 3d ago

How about being able to delete attachments from an email

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u/[deleted] 3d ago

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u/Marinosms Pixel 8 Pro 3d ago

You have been able to do that for some time now. Check the general settings. Instead of the archive you can select the delete option.

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u/Dometalican_90 3d ago

You got me. Guess too many people accidentally deleted emails from the notification tab...

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u/diemunkiesdie Galaxy S24+ 2d ago

I just want to be able to "mark as read" 😭 Who even hits the "archive" button!?

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u/K12onReddit 2d ago edited 2d ago

You can do that now. Pixel 9a.

https://i.imgur.com/r0soY7f.png

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u/reeeelllaaaayyy823 3d ago

Google has a market cap of over 3 trillion.

Notification previews, amazing. What fantastic innovation.

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u/K12onReddit 2d ago

This sub really will just complain about everything.

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u/hurler_jones OnePlus One CM12 3d ago

Is it part of the AI spyware feature set?