This 10 year old feature of Gmail is going to be discontinued, Google confirmed; Know everything about it

Google is going to discontinue a 10-year-old feature from its mailing service Gmail. This feature allows users to access Gmail with basic HTML during low internet speeds.

Google has given this information in its support page. After the deadline date, Gmail will automatically switch to standard view.

Information given to users through email

In the email received from Google to the users, it has been said that from January 2024, Gmail Basic HTML view will be disabled from desktop web and mobile web. In this email, the company said that ten years old Gmail Basic HTML does not support all the features of Gmail. Due to this it is being closed.

It has also been confirmed in Gmail's support documentation that this feature is being shut down. Users will be able to access the basic HTML view only till January 2024. After this, Gmail will automatically appear in standard view.

Whenever users access the HTML version of Gmail, they see a message from Google. It is written in this message that this version has been designed keeping in mind slow connections and legacy browsers.

These features are not available in HTML version

Users do not get support for many features in the HTML version. We are sharing the list of these features with you below.

Chat
Spell checker
Search filter
Keyboard shortcuts
Mail formatting

However, this feature of Google was very useful for the users during low-internet connectivity. They were able to access Gmail even at low internet speeds without additional features. At present, Google has not given any information regarding providing another mode in Gmail for email access during low connectivity.

Google recently announced that it is going to shut down the Google Podcasts service. Along with this, the company is also going to shut down whiteboarding app Jamboard by 2024.