A quiet update might give you one less reason to open your Gmail app
If you get a lot of email alerts every day, managing them on Android might soon get a little easier. Google appears to be testing a small update to Gmail for Android that adds a new «mark as read» button directly in notifications. It’s a simple feature, but it could make a big difference in how quickly users can handle incoming messages.
The new button was first spotted by an X user who communicated directly with Android Authority. This user said he saw it appear for only one of his Gmail accounts and confirmed that he was using the latest version of Gmail for Android, version 2025.06.15. However, others on the same version have not seen the feature yet. This suggests that Google may be rolling it out slowly or testing it with a small number of users.
