After adding the “Mark as read” action, Google is modernizing Gmail for Android notifications with photo previews.
Previously, Gmail notifications on Android showed the sender, subject line, and body. Google is now updating them to highlight and show attachments.
The compact alert adds a paperclip emoji/icon to the front of the subject, while replacing the sender image at the right with a small preview.
The first notification shows the old approach, and the second is an account with the updated style
When expanded, you’ll see a rectangular preview that matches the behavior of messaging apps. However, this does replace the body of the email, which you might not like in the case of work correspondences. That said, this update lets you quickly skim for attachments, with Gmail previously not noting their presence.
Emails with more than one photo attachment will reflect that in a bottom row.
Meanwhile, Gmail will highlight other file attachments. You might get a PDF pill and the start of the file name. The compact notification also shows the paperclip emoji.
At the moment, we have this rolled out with only one Gmail account, but it appears across multiple signed-in devices. As always, Gmail rollouts take ages to complete.
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