{"id":467401,"date":"2022-11-04T05:50:59","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T03:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=467401"},"modified":"2022-11-04T05:52:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T03:52:51","slug":"google-adding-delivery-tracking-to-gmail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/internet\/467401-google-adding-delivery-tracking-to-gmail.html","title":{"rendered":"Google adding delivery tracking to Gmail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has announced<\/a><\/strong> that it is adding delivery tracking features to Gmail, giving users a view of their package tracking information in their inbox.<\/p>\n

The software giant said the feature would be rolling out in the next few weeks, showing package delivery dates without users having to open the email and click a tracking link.<\/p>\n

“In the coming weeks, Gmail will show a simple, helpful view of your package tracking and delivery information right in your inbox,” Google said.<\/p>\n

“Package tracking will be available across most major US shipping carriers and will provide important details at a glance, such as estimated arrival date and status \u2014 like ‘Label created’, ‘Arriving tomorrow’ or ‘Delivered today’.”<\/p>\n

Gmail will notify users when the feature is available and allow them to opt-in to receive tracking updates. Users can opt out at any time through Gmail settings.<\/p>\n

If a user opts in, the email platform will automatically look up package delivery statuses using the relevant tracking numbers and show them in the inbox.<\/p>\n

Users who click on their order confirmation emails will be provided more information via a banner at the top of the message.<\/p>\n

Notably, a Google spokesperson told The Verge<\/a><\/strong> that Amazon’s email format doesn’t allow Gmail to show the tracking information for orders placed through the e-commerce giant.<\/p>\n

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Now read: Twitter could start charging for verification badges from next week<\/a><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Google said the feature would roll out in the coming weeks, giving users a view of their package tracking information in their inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":422570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[82455,407,167],"class_list":["post-467401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-delivery-tracking","tag-gmail","tag-google"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467401"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}