MetroMail gains Windows Phone 8.1 support for Gmail and IMAP users

If you have to use Gmail for work, in that location are very few, if whatever, reliable email clients for Windows Telephone beyond MetroMail. But besides Gmail, the MetroMail app also enables Outlook and IMAP with PUSH IDLE back up for instant notifications. In other words, it's quite powerful and useful for those needing an app with "100% feature-parity with the official Gmail iOS app (minus server-side drafts)", or for those who need a potent IMAP client.

Today, version iii.0 is hot off the presses. MetroMail 3.0 is then new you may non be able to find information technology in the Store yet. Luckily, we have the full scoop and Windows Telephone 8.1 users will desire to pay particular attention.

Before nosotros get to the changelog, we should mention that the app is now free (with ads) for usage on i email account. That's pretty awesome if you want to give this a shot for awhile without forking over any coin. Now on to the update…

MetroMail 3.0

New: Full action center support
New: Email previews are at present downloaded in the background for new notifications
New: Action heart entries now launch their respective email
New: Adhere whatever file, from either local storage or OneDrive, using the file picker
New: Share items to MetroMail through all the respective OS menus
New: Free version allows unlimited advertising-supported access for 1 email account
New: iCloud Mail support
New: Ability to re-download attachments
New: Assign Sent and Deleted items actions and specific folders [IMAP]
New: Specify different credentials for the IMAP and SMTP servers [IMAP]
New: Modify the server settings of existing accounts [IMAP]
Update: Emails no longer crave an extra tap for interacting (e.thousand. zooming or tapping on links) [Gmail]
Fix: When specified, the username is properly used over the email address during authentication [IMAP]

If you have seen MetroMail in awhile, with a dark theme applied, the app looks very native for Windows Phone, which I'm sure many of you will appreciate. No worries though, yous still have a light theme in settings if you lot preferred that look from before.

The Windows Phone 8.1 features are quite meaning. Indeed, MetroMail may exist the showtime app to download electronic mail previews via notifications. It's quite a nifty feature and makes this app much more powerful than before. The app itself is a lot more fluid, peculiarly on a Snapdragon 800 device similar the Lumia 1520 or Icon.

There're so many fiddling features in MetroMail that are only eye processed e.g. touching the upper left corner in a message lets you see an overview of your email thread for easy navigation, or borer the profile icon in the pinnacle right to switch accounts. Considering how powerful (and convoluted) Gmail can be, MetroMail does an excellent task of bringing over all of the main features of the service while maintaining a Modern look.

Although the Windows viii.i Modern App version of MetroMail hasn't been updated yet, nosotros're told that it too should be getting some update love in the nearly future, so stay tuned for that.

Download MetroMail iii.0 hither in the Shop. Windows Phone eight and 8.1 just. Gratuitous for get-go account with ads; $1.99 to unlock full app and remove ads

You can also option up MetroMail for Windows viii.1 here in the Store!

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