If you like all the features of Gmail, but don't want to go through all the hassle of creating a whole new email address, you can now "Gmailify" your old email accounts.
Google announced Wednesday that it will allow Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail and Outlook users to connect to their existing Gmail email accounts through the Gmail app to take advantage of its features.
To get started, you'll need to open the Gmail app, sign in to your email account(s), and enable Gmailify, GoogleMichael Käser wrote in a blog post. This only works in the Gmail app and won't affect your email accounts otherwise.
By Gmailifying your account, you will have access to Gmail 's spam protection and inbox organization (social networks, updates and offers), search functions and notifications. Interacting with your email, whether reading or deleting messages, will have the same effect as in the inbox of the original email account.
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If you want to un-Gmailify your account, you can unlink the button at any time, without affecting the email address in question at all.
According to a post, Google plans to add other email providers beyond Yahoo!, Hotmail, and Outlook in the future.
