How to configure your Gmail account on the Apple Watch?

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The Apple Watch is one of the most popular designs in the universe of the bitten apple. It includes multiple very useful functions and allows users to install various applications. Fortunately for everyone, it offers the possibility of use the main messaging platforms, but... Do you know how set up your Gmail account on your Apple Watch?

You are right… You can easily use your Gmail from your Apple smart watch. This will allow you to receive notifications and be aware of all your emails just by looking at your wrist. In addition, there are other interesting aspects of the configuration that you can access through it. Below, we show you everything you need to know about the topic.

How to get Gmail on your Apple smart watch?

To correctly configure your Gmail account you must first Make sure you have said app installed on your iPhone. This is because your Apple Watch connects using your mobile. Follow the next steps:

  1. Start the application Apple Watch on your iPhone.
  2. Go to option "My watch", "Mail", "Include email".
  3. Select from the Gmail Accounts section the ones you want to open on your Apple Watch.
  4. If you prefer, you can choose a single account and then tap the mailboxes you want to read from your watch.
  5. By default, you will see all mailboxes including flagged messages, unread messages, and VIP list messages.

Furthermore, another way is choose directly from your Apple Watch between the emails and mailboxes that will appear. Open the Mail app on your watch, scroll down, select "Edit," then open the account or mailbox you want to view its contents.

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With these simple steps, you can have Access your Gmail emails directly from your Apple Watch quickly and easily. Don't miss any important communication wherever you are!

Delete, flag, or mark a message as read or unread

To manage your email messages on your Apple Watch, simply follow these steps: Open the Mail app on your Apple Watch, mark a message email and go to the bottom of it:

  1. To stop or highlight messages, you must choose from the options that will be shown to you “Mark as unread” or “Mark as read”. If you're viewing the email list, swipe right on the message and select "Read" or "Unread."
  2. If you want to get rid of a message, simply choose the option "Delete message«. If you are viewing the email list, move the message to the left and touch the recycle bin icon.
  3. FOR mark a message with a flag, select the option of the same name. Also you can remove the flag from a message that already had it. In the mailing list, she swipe left on the message and tap the flag icon to flag it.

4.In the event that you move an entire thread of mailboxes, the settings you make will be set the same for all of them. It's that easy to manage your email messages on your Apple Watch!

Customize your email alerts

Set up Gmail mail on iPhone

To set up email alerts on your Apple Watch, first open the watch app on your iPhone. Then go to the section My watch and select the Mail option. Customize notifications by tapping on a specific account and turning on the Show alerts option next to the account name.

You can choose Activate or deactivate the sound and vibration of alerts according to your preferences. Also, if you want to receive notifications of important messages when you don't have your iPhone nearby, be sure to turn on email notifications in the section.

With these settings, you can stay on top of your emails in a convenient and personalized way on your Apple Watch. Don't miss any important information wherever you are!

Reduce the list of your messages

Narrowing down the list of messages displayed is very useful as it The lines of text that appear before each email will decrease. Just by seeing the beginning of the email you would already know what it could be about and thus other people who may be around you will not read it. Here we leave you how to compact the list.

  • Firstly, Open the Apple Watch application on your iPhone.
  • Go to "My watch", then to "Mail" and finally to "Preview".
  • Within this, you will have the option to determine how many lines you prefer to be displayed before each email. They can be 1, 2 or none, it will be totally your choice.

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This is what you can do to load remote email images on your smartwatch

Sometimes the emails you receive can contain web addresses that take you to online images. You can make these remote images are loaded so that they appear in each email. To do so, follow the guide below.

  • Go to the Apple Watch tool on your Apple device.
  • Opens "My watch", press "Mail" and then "Personalize". In this you must activate "Upload images".

This could make it less complicated for you since you wouldn't have to go to other sites through the links. Something negative that we could mention is that Uploading remote images would cause your emails to download at a slower speed on your smart watch.

Benefits of syncing Gmail with your Apple Watch

By syncing Gmail to your Apple Watch you receive a series of conveniences that can help you a lot in your daily life. With this, you can be aware of your emails at all times without having to interfere with the activity you are carrying out. It is something really useful in situations where you don't have your phone in hand, such as in meetings or at the gym.

Not only will you read them, but you will also answer the emails they send you directly from your Apple Watch, so everything will be faster. Makes you able Determine which emails are most urgent, so you can respond immediately those who require it. You'll focus on the most important emails!

And that's all! We hope we have been helpful to you to have more details on how to configure your Gmail account on the Apple Watch. Let me know in the comments what you thought was best and if you know anything else about the topic.


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