Gmail may finally be giving users the chance to change their primary email address

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• The option to switch to another @gmail.com is rolling out
• It appears to be limited by region right now
• You'll still be able to hang on to your existing email address

For as long as Gmail has been around – now more than 20 years – the primary email address that you grab when you first open the account has been the one you've had to stick with. Now, it looks as though that's changing.