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Your Gmail is getting beautiful

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CIOL Bureau
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HOUSTON: Google has given a new look for its email service by making it less cluttered and enabling better search.

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Soon, users will be prompted to switch to the new Gmail design with a link in the right corner of their inbox, according to media reports.

"We're excited to finally share Gmail's new look with you," Google user experience designer Jason Cornwell said in a blog post.

"We'll be bringing these changes to everyone soon," he said.

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"But if you'd like to make the switch right away, we're rolling out a 'Switch to the new look' link in the bottom-right of Gmail over the next few days."

The new layout has a revamped "conversation view" to help users read through email threads.

Information such as location and search history is used to decide what ads people might find more useful, according to Google.

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People can use Ads Preference Manager tools to tune systems to their tastes or block messages from advertisers that are of no interest to them.

A new, streamlined conversation view that displays Google profile pictures for your contacts - making an e-mail thread look a little more like an instant messaging conversation.

Elastic density, which means that the spacing between items on the screen will automatically adjust based on the screen size and device you're viewing it on.

Instant messages now come with photos and the messages have a better streamline like a real conversation.

Adding a social element, Google is adding profile pictures beside each message.

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