Gmail will finally get a time-saving emoji feature, but there’s a catch

Google works on giving Gmail users the ability to respond to emails with a single emoji on iOS And Android Phones.

Rumors about emoji responses on Gmail have been circulating for several weeks, though: outside of a few screenshotswe had not seen him in action until recently. Industry insider AssembleDebug managed to get the feature working on their Android device and shared their findings on TheSpAndroid Blog.

According to the report, a new button will appear “to the right of the email” next to the three-dot menu. Tapping it will open a small menu where you can choose from five default emojis: a sparkling heart, a party popper, a thumbs up, a smiling face, the praying hands (which people use to say thank you), as well as your run-of-the-mill smiley. Once selected, that emoji will appear in a comment bar below the message, like you see on messaging platforms.

TheSpAndroid states that there will be two other places “where you can respond to an email.” There will be an Add Reply option in the three-dot menu, plus an additional button at the bottom of an email next to Reply, Reply All and Forward.

This feature will reportedly work on email threads with multiple people participating. They explain that “it may be possible to respond by simply tapping the emojis that someone else has previously added. Naturally, users can send any emoji they want by tapping the Plus symbol in the small window that appears. You have the entire library at your disposal.

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