New Gmail App For IPhone, IPad, IPod Touch Is Here: Take A Look (PHOTOS, UPDATE)

UPDATE: Google's Gmail app has already been removed, just hours after it went live.

From the official Gmail Twitter:

The iOS app we launched today contained a bug with notifications. We have pulled the app to fix the problem. Sorry we messed up.

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At last: Google has released a dedicated Gmail app for iOS devices, including the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.

In a blog post on the official Gmail blog, Google heralded the arrival of its new Gmail iOS app, which is available for download now in the iTunes store. Google says its app has "combined your favorite features from the Gmail mobile web app and iOS into one app so you can be more productive on the go."

Google says that the Gmail app has been optimized for "Speed," "Efficiency" and "Touch." The most important new feature may be the quickness with which the Gmail app can notify a user he or she receives new messages: It brings "push notifications" for Gmail to iDevices for the first time, meaning that you can now be notified the moment a new message hits the Gmail servers, just by glancing at the screen of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

Google has been on a releasing spree lately, pushing out its new look for Google Reader and officially announcing its new Gmail design. The Gmail app for iOS makes three big new product releases from Google in the last three days.

Gmail for iOS is a free app for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch and can be downloaded in iTunes here.

Check out several screenshots and read about what's new in the Gmail app below:

Comments

[Jane Boxer]

02:24 AM on 11/04/2011

Well, Google can make mistakes, so let’s not throw stones at it, because those who are so disappointed are the ones who benefit from Google and Google apps the most.
http://www.coldscoop.com/2011/11/03/first-gmail-app-for-ios-failed/

[SamOhSam]

02:28 PM on 11/03/2011

is this back on the app store yet?

[SoSouthern]

07:43 AM on 11/03/2011

This looks better than the Android version. Google needs to work on our stuff first. I still don't have the new market on my phone yet.

[Kache]

01:55 AM on 11/03/2011

So, they tested it only on an Android.

[ApprxAm]

11:31 PM on 11/02/2011

Does this one work? Because the one on their site for computers doesn't.

[clearthinker16]

10:00 PM on 11/02/2011

the new version of gmail blows

[MIMom]

09:01 PM on 11/02/2011

Oh geez.

[choppychop]

08:59 PM on 11/02/2011

Gmail works great on my droid.

[bealebkk]

08:24 PM on 11/02/2011

My phone doesn't even have a camera

[BlindChance]

08:11 PM on 11/02/2011

Google's proposed "new look" for their Gmail service is a mess too.

[FungusAmungUs]

07:06 PM on 11/02/2011

Apple with their antenna-gate, where is the iPhone 5-gate, battery-gate now Google with its social-gate, email-gate...meanwhile Microsoft is sailing very smoothly with its new Windows Phone 7 Mango update and Hotmail/Skydrive email client registrations/use.

[nishioka]

07:46 PM on 11/02/2011

Acting like Microsoft isn't having any problems won't make "Duqu-gate" go away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15554361

[FungusAmungUs]

09:56 PM on 11/02/2011

Yeah I'm aware of "Duqu-gate" but hey when your software in in 90% of the world's computers, this is expected and it will be a quick fix...meanwhile Antenna and Battery-gate will not be such an easy fix...

[FreelanceWriter]

03:23 PM on 11/03/2011

Not to mention the VERY glowing reviews Windows 8 is already getting prior to its release...

[jflorish]

06:33 PM on 11/02/2011

This would be important if I ever actually used gmail .....

[probo]

06:36 PM on 11/02/2011

Don't, it was a nightmare.

[Dorrell Wilson]

06:54 PM on 11/02/2011

Not to me.

[probo]

07:09 PM on 11/02/2011

I had nothing but trouble..

[Wilkby]

06:26 PM on 11/02/2011

I'm sure the ghost of Steve Jobs is laughing at this blunder.

[wonderYrednow]

06:28 PM on 11/02/2011

Doubt it....

[elxespada]

06:13 PM on 11/02/2011

The mail app which is featured in apple devices is great having an extra app is unnecessary

[Matt Herren]

05:50 PM on 11/02/2011

1) Gmail has been part of the larger Google app since the beginning.

2) Why would you need a gmail app? That's what the Mail app is for.