Also, Google reminds its users that, despite the Gmail update, there still is the Google Drive, which people can freely use to both send and receive files as large as 5TB. So now if you look back, it’s not such a big news.īut refraining from killing your buzz about this 50MB news, the update has already begun to rollout, however, according to Google, it will take about 3 days for the feature to become visible to everyone. So, unless it’s shared via a storage tool, users still really can’t send anything from Gmail as an attachment that’s larger than 25MB. (Somehow, if you don’t know, GSuite is the set of intelligent apps that come with your Gmail, like Docs, Sheets, Calenders, etc.)Įssentially, a user can receive a larger 50MB file if someone sends it to them from Drive (sent via the share tool) or another storage tool. So basically, the increased attachment size limit is an update only for the GSuite customers. How will anyone ever receive a file as big as 50MB if majority of users cannot actually send that big an attachment? Will a user be able to forward these 50MB mails, if not send a fresh mail? So here’s the catch! When BGR India spoke to Google, we found out the hidden catch behind this update. : Gmail s new feature to accept 50MB attachments does sound really exciting but Google s short announcement doesn t address a lot of questions at the moment. Also Read - Apple starts removing outdated apps from App Store While Yahoo offers the same limit at 25MB, Outlook still permits only 20MB file attachments to be sent or received. Compared to its competitors, Gmail was still offering the highest receivable file size for attachments, when it was limited to 25MB. So starting today, you will be able to receive emails of up to 50MB directly, Google said in blog. While Google Drive offers a convenient way to share files of any size, sometimes you need to receive large files as direct email attachments. Sending and receiving attachments is an important part of email exchanges. Also Read - Google blocked 1.2 million privacy-violating apps from the Play Store last year Also Read - Google Play will now show what data apps collect, how they use it
Although this is clear enough, but do not, the sending size limits remain limited at 25MB, which means you can still send files which are 25MB or less in size, however, you will be able to receive bigger attachments. Basically, although we already have Google Drive to share the big files, but with this update, users will now be able to at least receive attachments as big as 50MB. Google has doubled the size limit for attachments on the emails received, from 25MB to 50MB. If Gmail is your primary email service, here is a big news for you.
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