The information comes from an official support page in Hindi, which also clearly states that this feature will be gradually rolled out to users, so don’t expect to see this option immediately, if at all.
Reading the help page, the way it works is that once every 12 months, Google will allow you to “change” the email address associated with your Google Account. In fact, this process is like adding a new alias email to your account as your old email address will not be removed and will remain functional. You still get an email inbox and outbox, but presumably, you’ll be able to do some filtering based on which email the message was sent to, as well as choose which email to use for outgoing messages. Essentially, Google is giving users a way to add up to three new email addresses to an existing account and all of its existing data and services. We’re not sure if this will allow users to “merge” an alternate account into an existing account.
That last part will definitely be interesting to see as many people have more than one Google account registered for various reasons. The most obvious is two different email channels. Gmail never officially condemned such setups, but at the same time, the Gmail mail service is one of the few that offers server-side email filtering and even conditional forwarding for free. It’s a little buried in the legacy Settings menu, but it’s there. This new potential development could make a complex email setup even more powerful. Plus, there are some interesting potential implications for things like managed Google accounts on school Chromebooks.
As we mentioned, there are some restrictions and caveats, like a limit of three new emails per year for a theoretical maximum of four addresses. You obviously cannot delete any address once added. We’re not sure if this will work for Google Workspace accounts that have a different email domain than @google.com. There are certainly a lot of questions left to answer.
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