“PFA – Our thanks and regards,” the post shared by Google India’s X handle said.
“Happy birthday Gmail. Celebrating 20 years of attachment. PFA – Your Gift,” the video shows.
“Forgot attachment,” the video ends with a funny twist, highlighting the ‘mistake’ that most Gmail users must have made at least once during their time with the service that now has several add-on features, including Google Chat and Google Meet.
Gmail’s 20-year-old history
Gmail started as a free service that offered 1GB of storage per account (currently its 15GB per account). At that time, this was one of the USPs of the new service as it was enough to store about 13,500 emails as compared to 30 to 60 email storage offered by Yahoo and Microsoft. There are an estimated 1.8 billion active Gmail accounts.
Gmail helped Google expand its business, subsequently launching Google Maps, Google Docs and Google Chrome. The company also acquired YouTube and launched the Android operating system that powers most of the world’s smartphones.
Gmail is getting supercharged with AI features. Users can now create email drafts based on simple prompts with the “help me write” feature. There is a ‘smart reply’ feature that automatically generates reply options.