Thursday, September 22, 2011

Mobile GMail now allows multiple sign-ins

09/22/2011 | 04:50 PM

Smartphone users with more than one Gmail account got a boost from Google, which rolled out this week a new multiple sign-in feature for Gmail for mobile.

Mobile software engineer Dominic Leung said the new features for Gmail in the mobile browser aim to make Gmail users more productive while on the go.

“Just like on your desktop, you can now to sign into multiple accounts simultaneously. To sign into an additional account, click on the account switcher at the bottom of the threadlist, then click ‘Sign into an another account.’ You can quickly switch between accounts by selecting the desired account from the Accounts menu," Leung said in a blog post.

Another new feature is a mobile-specific signature that will let friends know a Gmail user is responding via mobile phone – so they will understand why a message is short or contains typos.

Leung also said the new Gmail for mobile has a vacation auto-responder, just in case one has forgotten to set his or her out-of-office auto-reply before going on a trip.

On the other hand, Leung said Gmail’s multiple sign-in support has updated URLs so that each account can have a separate bookmark.

A separate article on The Next Web noted support for multiple accounts has been around in Gmail for desktop computers. — TJD, GMA News

http://www.gmanews.tv/story/233129/technology/mobile-gmail-now-allows-multiple-sign-ins

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