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Gmail: iOS app design changes

Warm Welcome experience

Inbox view changes

Automatic email restyling

Conversation view

The Gmail app for iOS is getting a new look―similar to the Android app―including new colors, fonts, icons, and other User Interface (UI) elements. These changes are based on material design principles.

The new app also includes popular features like undo send and swipe to archive (or delete), as well as faster search and various accessibility improvements.

Here’s a review of the UI changes and how they impact familiar Gmail tasks.

Warm Welcome experience

First-time users of the new Gmail app for iOS will see a warm welcome screen introducing them to the new version of the app.

Inbox view changes

Updated menu bar and icons

New larger, more readable font

Round avatars

Floating Compose button

Drawer

Old Drawer

New Drawer

“Settings” and “Help & Feedback” moved to the bottom of the drawer

Threadlist

Old Threadlist

New Threadlist

Checkboxes restyled to selectable Avatars
Compose location changed

Multiselect

Old Multiselect

New Multiselect

Mark as read/unread more prominent
Tap avatars to multi-select

Automatic email restyling

Old Automatic email restyling

New Automatic email
restyling using Media Queries

No more modification of emails for mobile viewing. Media Queries allow for responsive formatting for every device.

Conversation view

Old conversation view

Print and Expand All removed in the new UI

Now print via Apple’s Share Menu

New conversation view

Move to, Change labels, Mute and Report spam moved to overflow menu