We knew they were coming, but I’m still not sure we were ready for them: Google, Reactions to emails with emojis. They’ll start coming to Gmail for Android today, and will be expanded to the web version and iOS app later.

For those moments when you don’t know exactly what to reply to but want to reply to something, Gmail will give us the following opportunity: use a reaction with emojis To reply to a message. This form of response is essentially sent like an email.

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When they send you an email Your only option to respond is basically to write a new email.. You can add anything you want, including emojis, but the whole process requires a few clicks, and after repeating this a few times any conversation turns into an endless string of replies.

Now, 61 years after the first email and 19 years after Gmail was introduced, Google is trying to revive it by borrowing ideas from instant messaging apps. Especially, Reactions to emoji messages.

We’ll see these next to the reply and forward buttons soon. smiley face icon. When we press it we will see an emoji selector that allows us to choose from a wide range of emojis. The person we choose will be posted as a reaction and will be visible to all people involved in the thread, as long as there are fewer than 20 people. Responses to an email appear above the reply buttons (and each can be clicked to send another reply).

Technically Gmail reactions are emailsi.e. if you use another email client, you will receive messages with the text “Pepito reacted via Gmail” and you have the same seconds to cancel sending a reaction as to cancel sending another email.

Reactions They are already enabled in Gmail for Android however, this option will not appear on work or education accounts, messages with more than 20 recipients, if you are on BCC, if you have already responded 20 times, if the message is encrypted on the client side, or if the sender is using a private message. return address.

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