Chances are you’ll quickly have the ability to change your Gmail deal with

A Google help web page in Hindi says the power to alter your Gmail deal with is on the best way. The function would permit you to exchange your present @gmail.com deal with with one other. Your previous deal with would stay lively as an alias on the account, and all of your knowledge would stick round, unaffected.

The support page (translated) says that “the power to alter your Google Account electronic mail deal with is progressively 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 deal with. Up up to now, Google has solely allowed deal with modifications for non-gmail.com addresses.

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

When the function (presumably) rolls out broadly, you will change it by your account settings. Check in 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 alter it, then you definitely’ll have to attend.