Saturday, 18 March 2017

YOU CAN NOW STREAM VIDEO ATTACHEMENTS DIRECTLY FROM YOUR GMAIL



Not long ago, Google increased the incoming attachment limits on Gmail to 50MB and now, a new feature has been introduced again. 

The ability to stream video attachment before downloading them, this will let you decide which video to download and which not to download.
Formerly, in order to view a video attachment in Gmail, you would have to download it to your phone or computer and open it with a media player, and sometimes after downloading you view and find out it wasn't what you intended or wanted.

Henceforth, when opening an email with video attachments, you will see a thumbnail of the video and have the ability to stream it, right from inside Gmail.

The Gmail video attachment will show up as a small thumbnail with an image from one of the frames of the video file, Once you double click on it, it will open up a YouTube-style player that will stream the video at optimal quality, and even allow you to adjust speeds, playback, and alter sound levels.

Though the video attachment is still limited to 50MB and only available to desktop users beginning from today. 
But you can still enjoy this feature if your using a phone through vour chrome browser by setting it to desktop view and your good

As we look forward to seeing its availabilty for all mobile devices and browsers..

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