The US company has finally updated Gmail for iOS by introducing privacy labels.
After months without updates, the Google Gmail app for iOS has been updated with support for widgets. More importantly, the company introduced the long-awaited insights into app user data collection.
The latest version of Gmail integrates widgets support in iOS 14 , allowing users to quickly access recent mail directly from the home screen.
It’s been nearly three months since Google last updated its email app, arguably one of the most important apps for iOS. The delay was thought to be related to the new App Store feature that requires developers to provide insight into how their apps leverage user data.
Released in December, Apple’s app privacy labels urge developers to declare what data they collect from themselves or third parties and how that information may be used .
According to Google, Gmail collects and potentially links users to general information such as search history, location, contact information, purchases, usage data, and other metrics.
Google was thought to be circumventing the rules by refusing to update its apps. The search giant debunked these claims in January when it said it would update its apps and introduce privacy labels “within a couple of weeks.”
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