Chances are you’ll quickly be capable of change your Gmail deal with

A Google help web page in Hindi says the flexibility to vary your Gmail deal with is on the way in which. The function would can help you exchange your present @gmail.com deal with with one other. Your previous deal with would stay lively as an alias on the account, and all of your knowledge would stick round, unaffected.

The support page (translated) says that “the flexibility to vary your Google Account e mail deal with is regularly rolling out to all customers.” The change was first noticed on a Google Pixel forum on Telegram and was first reported within the press by 9to5Google.

Google hasn’t made a proper announcement in regards to the change. The English model of the help web page nonetheless says you often cannot change your @gmail.com deal with. Up so far, Google has solely allowed deal with modifications for non-gmail.com addresses.

Engadget reached out to Google for affirmation. We’ll replace this story if we hear again.

When the function (presumably) rolls out broadly, you may change it by means of your account settings. Sign up to your Google account, then go to Handle your Google account > Private information > Google Account e mail. When you do not see the choice to vary it, then you definitely’ll have to attend.