Comment by bithush | Hacker News Reader

Comment by bithush | Hacker News Reader

I recently moved away from Gmail because of the lack of push (via EAS) on non-Android devices. When Apple (iCloud) and MS (Outlook.com) offer push via EAS it annoys me Google killed it off unless you pay.

Interestingly moving away from Gmail took me totally out of the Google world. I just switched to an iPhone from a Nexus 5 as the Nexus 6 was just too big and I have very happy using no Google account/services (outside of search).

I wanted to try Inbox and got an invite on day 1 but have not bothered to try it yet as it would mean using Gmail again.

Google bring back free EAS please!

Also it always annoyed me how on Android they have two email apps, one for Gmail and one for other Email. Crappy experience really. The Gmail app should support other providers. I know it is coming soon but it should have from day one to be honest.

Doesn't the Gmail app on iOS use a push-system for delivery? Why would you want to use EAS for Gmail? Seems reasonably (and positively Apple-like) for Google to push people into the Gmail app where they control the experience and can surface first-party Gmail paradigms more readily.

Admittedly I'm an Android user with limit experience with stock iOS mail app. Is the iOS mail app really that much better than the Gmail app?

The Gmail app has always felt like a web app and I much prefer Mail.app

Gmail.app for iOS is incredibly sluggish (on my 5S) while Android's version on my Moto G is pretty snappy, so you're not experiencing the same thing at all.

I run both Mail.app and Gmail.app on my iPhone because I'll often get the push notification for Gmail.app, tap the notification to open the email, get frustrated and tired waiting for it to load and just go manually refresh Mail.app and see it almost instantly.

Yes, it is that much better IMHO.

Lockscreen actions & swipe-down notification actions = holy grail for email triage. Only the built-in mail client has it.

...one of the major features of this announcement is support for third-party e-mail providers.

Gmail on iOS works completely fine.

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