Google is making a notable quality-of-life improvement to Gmail notifications by adding a “Mark as read” button on Android.
To date, Gmail for Android notifications let you “Reply” and pick between “Archive” or “Delete” (Settings > General settings > Default notification action).
Some Gmail users (via Android Authority) are beginning to see a new “Mark as read” option that appears first in the row of actions. Immediate access to this from notifications provide a convenient way to triage email without opening the actual app. It’s less drastic an action compared to archiving and removing from your inbox entirely.
So far, there are only two reports of this server-side rollout in the past week. It’s not available on devices we checked today. Historically, Gmail takes quite a bit of time to widely roll out features.
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Meanwhile, Google continues to slowly make the Material 3 Expressive redesign available to more Android users.
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