History

The history of Gmail began in 2004, when a small team led by Paul Buchheit, who worked at Google, developed a new email service. The main idea behind Gmail was to offer more space and a friendlier user interface than existing email services at the time. Larry Page, one of Google's co-founders, strongly supported the project and promoted it internally. Gmail was initially launched as a closed beta product on April 1, 2004, with a revolutionary 1 GB storage capacity compared to the 2-4 MB offered by other email services at the time. The Gmail development team, which includes people like Paul Buchheit, Kevin Fox, and other talented engineers and designers, focused on creating an intuitive interface and implementing innovative features like threading, quick search, and automatic email categorization using labels.

As Gmail gains popularity and expands its user base, Google continues to improve it and add new features such as Google Drive integration, advanced filters, and the introduction of centralized mailboxes.