You might quickly be capable of change your Gmail deal with

A Google assist web page in Hindi says the flexibility to vary your Gmail deal with is on the best way. The function would let you change your present @gmail.com deal with with one other. Your outdated deal with would stay energetic as an alias on the account, and all of your knowledge would stick round, unaffected.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 electronic mail deal with is progressively 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 assist web page nonetheless says you normally cannot change your @gmail.com deal with. Up up to now, 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. Check in to your Google account, then go to Handle your Google account > Private data > Google Account electronic mail. When you do not see the choice to vary it, then you definately’ll have to attend.