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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
Welbert Bauyaban

'A Sorry Mess': Google Is Quietly Killing off Gmail's Best Third-Party Email Hub Features

Google will end Gmail third-party email hub features by 2027, ending unified web inboxes (Credit: appshunter.io / Unsplash)

Google is retiring several Gmail features that have allowed users to manage third-party email accounts from one place, giving existing users until January 2027 before the long-standing tools disappear.

Rather than announcing the changes through a major corporate blog post, the search engine giant has detailed the phase-out through its Gmail support documentation, confirming that Gmailify and its "Check mail from other accounts" feature using POP will no longer be supported. The changes could significantly affect people who have spent years using Gmail as a central hub for addresses hosted by other providers.

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