Gmail:- News is spreading like a rocket that google is shutting down its most popular mail service, But it’s totally a fake news. Google has officially replied on twitter that there are no plans for mail service to permanently shut down.
What is Gmail
It is a free web-based email service offered by Google that provides users with 15 GB of storage for messages and the ability to send and receive mails without any charges. It’s a Complementary service which comes default when you sign for a google account.
Google Shutting down News
The News of shutting down mail service first appeared on X. When some users uploaded a fake Email which is claimed to be received from Google, the uploaded image says “ Google is Sunsetting Gmail” and google will close its mail service from 1 August 2024. Which is totally a fake news
Many users believe this fake story because Google’s history of shutting down popular services in the past, many users fell prey to fake images which are on X concluding that it was a legitimate email.
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What Google says on it
Google took to X to clarify that “Gmail is here to stay,” which provides confidence in millions of users that the service is not being discontinued.
Gmail is here to stay.
— Gmail (@gmail) February 22, 2024
Google did announce that it made some changes in mailing service last year but it was for HTML view. Which was already being disabled at the start of January in 2024.It had a basic HTML view in it for years, even after transitioning to the modern interface, this feature is available for users who check emails on slow internet. Now this is also being discontinued, not mail itself.
Google also updated its support page saying that, “Gmail is transitioning users from Basic HTML view to the latest version of it , also known as Standard view. now it will automatically load the standard view for all users. Now that the rumor is spoiled by Google.Many users have believed that google mails service will be continued.