Gmail may bring a temporary email address feature

Gmail is today the only e-mail service and essentially an e-mail client for most Android device users. Society Google nevertheless, it continues to improve it to attract more users. He would soon, according to the portal AndroidAuthority it could even bring a temporary email address feature to the service.

What is a temporary email address for?

Function temporary email address is nothing new on the internet. There are many services that offer it and often for free. Editors AndroidAuthority you are in the code of the latest update of the application Gmail pre Android now notice references to a feature called “Shielded Email“.

It should work by Google giving you a temporary email address instead of your real email, which you can safely give out to untrusted third parties. Then when you receive an email to your temporary address, do it will forward to a real Gmail inbox. And if you no longer need a temporary e-mail, just use it you cancel.

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Therefore, you don’t have to worry about it anymore filters spam. A temporary email address will probably work only for incoming mail and not sent, because it would be easily misused for unfair practices. According to the screenshot from the portal AndroidAuthority however, you will be able to have multiple temporary email addresses.

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