You might quickly be capable to change your Gmail tackle

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

The support page (translated) says that “the power to vary your Google Account electronic mail tackle 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 concerning the change. The English model of the help web page nonetheless says you often cannot change your @gmail.com tackle. Up so far, Google has solely allowed tackle modifications for non-gmail.com addresses.

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

When the characteristic (presumably) rolls out broadly, you will change it via your account settings. Sign up to your Google account, then go to Handle your Google account > Private information > Google Account electronic mail. In case you do not see the choice to vary it, then you definately’ll have to attend.