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Gmail For Android Gets Microsoft Exchange Support

Posted by msmash on from the one-less-hassle-in-your-email-experience dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google has updated Gmail for Android with a very notable feature: support for Microsoft Exchange. You can download the latest version of the app from Google Play (if you don't see it, don't worry: Google says the gradual rollout may take three or more days). The company had actually released this feature a few months ago, but at the time, it was only available for Nexus devices. With the new update, Google is making the feature available to a wider audience. "Exchange support was previously only available on our Nexus devices, but as of today, Exchange support covers mail, contacts, and calendar data in Android across all devices," a Google spokesperson told VentureBeat.

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  1. I don't think it'll be that useful by danomac · · Score: 5, Informative

    If you can't turn off conversation view. It is annoying on personal email but I deal with it (conversation view buggers up threads, splitting up emails where they shouldn't be as an example), but that would be intolerable on work email.

    For those using Exchange for access to work email, Touchdown is a better paid-for solution that won't erase your phone with work policies, they're only applied to the Touchdown app itself. That makes it worth the price right there.

    1. Re:I don't think it'll be that useful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Touchdown is a better paid-for solution that won't erase your phone with work policies, they're only applied to the Touchdown app itself. That makes it worth the price right there.

      Or the Nine android app, which has a much better layout and easier configuration than Touchdown.

  2. Re:What makes Microsoft Exchange so damn special? by DogDude · · Score: 4, Informative

    Is it really that useful to merge these three types of data into a single program?

    Yes, it really is that useful. For people with white collar jobs, it's incredibly useful, and there are no other products that are nearly as good.

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  3. Re:Office 365 support too? by DoubleParadoxx · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've been using Gmail on my Android phone with Office 365 for many months now. Its had Exchange support for just as long. I have no idea what this article thinks is new.