There is a support note, if you can find it. Here’s the link. “Starting January 2026,” Google tells users of the world’s most popular email platform, "Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts through POP. The option to ‘Check mail from other accounts’ will no longer be available in Gmail on your computer."

Gmail is rolling out natural language queries with AI Overviews and the new Proofread feature for premium users to simplify your life.

Learn the fastest ways to mass delete Gmail emails, clear clutter, and achieve inbox zero on desktop or mobile in just a few simple steps.

This is a marked change for Gmail, more than twenty years after the platform launched. It has generated plenty of coverage as a response, but it comes with caveats — only a limited number of changes over a limited period of time. For anyone stuck with their twenty-year-old high school or college email address, it will come as a relief.

Gmail's new feature will soon organize important emails into to-dos and topics, so you don't miss anything important.

The aim is to transform Gmail from a traditional inbox into what Google describes as a “personal, proactive inbox assistant.”

Gmail is phasing out syncing email from third-party email accounts via POP. Users can shift to IMAP, but it's not quite the same.

Gmail is getting a major AI upgrade. Google has announced three new AI-powered features coming to the massively popular email platform. The company has also made a few AI features that were previously exclusive to paid subscribers available for free.