Changed
- Google Apps are now called Workspace Apps throughout the app —
Settings… → Google Appsis nowSettings… → Workspace Apps, and the notification option moved along with it. Your existing settings carry over automatically. Pinned Appsare nowLauncher Appsand open from a single Workspace Apps launcher in the titlebar instead of one icon per appAlways Open in New Windowhas been replaced by the newOpen BehavioroptionFull Dark Themeis nowExtend Dark Themeand has moved from Experimental to Beta.- Saved searches moved to the right side of the titlebar and now open in a dropdown instead of a toggled list
- Download History is no longer buried in Settings — it opens as its own full-width view from
View → Downloads(Cmd+Alt+L on macOS, Ctrl+Alt+L on Windows/Linux), matching how the Unified Inbox is presented - Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab now switch tabs instead of accounts
- macOS: cycle accounts with Cmd+Shift+] and Cmd+Shift+[
- Windows/Linux: cycling accounts no longer has a shortcut — select an account directly with Ctrl+1–9 on Windows, Alt+1–9 on Linux
- Zoom in, out and reset now apply to whichever tab or window is in front instead of every Gmail view at once. Your existing Gmail zoom level is preserved.
Added
- Meru Pro: Workspace Apps now open as tabs inside the main window instead of always taking over a separate window
- A vertical tab sidebar appears on the left as soon as a second tab is open, and stays hidden while Gmail is the only tab
- Gmail is always the first tab and carries its unread count, or a warning icon when the account needs attention
Settings… → Workspace Apps → Open Behaviorcontrols how apps open:Tab(default),New Window, orBackground Tab- Hold Cmd on macOS, Ctrl on Windows/Linux to open a background tab, add Shift for a foreground tab, or hold Shift alone to open a new window
- Switch tabs with Ctrl+Tab and Ctrl+Shift+Tab, reopen the last closed tab with Cmd+Shift+T on macOS, Ctrl+Shift+T on Windows/Linux
- Close a tab with middle click or its close button, and drag tabs to reorder them
- Keep tabs around across restarts by pinning or bookmarking them
- Pinned tabs sit in their own section above the rest; bookmarked tabs collect in a Bookmarks section at the bottom once closed
- Closing a pinned or bookmarked tab dims it instead of removing it — click it again to load it back
Load on Launchin a pinned tab's context menu decides whether it loads at startup or waits until you open it- A pinned or bookmarked tab that was living in its own window comes back in a window
- Tab context menu with
New … Tab,Reload,Duplicate,Move to New Window/Move to Tab,Copy Link,Open in Default Browser,Pin/Unpin,Bookmark/Remove Bookmark,Close,Close Other TabsandClose Tabs Below. Right-clicking empty space in the sidebar offersReopen Closed Tab. - Move a tab out into its own window and back again — a tab that has been moved out stays in the sidebar with a window badge, and Workspace App windows have a
Move to Tabentry in their titlebar menu Settings… → Appearance → Vertical Tabs → Widthsets how wide the tab sidebar isAuto(default) switches between narrow and wide based on the open tabs, or pickNarroworWide
Settings… → Workspace Apps → Persist Zoomremembers each app's zoom level across restarts (on by default). Each app keeps one zoom level, shared by all of its tabs and windows.
- The titlebar navigation controls gained a reload button that turns into a stop button while a page is loading
Fixed
- Google Meet's microphone (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+1) and camera (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+2) shortcuts not working when more than one Meet window was open, and no longer working at all for the remaining windows after closing one