The change appears only in the Hindi version of a Google support page, suggesting that it will begin in India or Hindi-speaking markets, but the page says the feature will be rolled out to all users, CNBC reported Friday (Dec. 26). The English-language version of the page still says Gmail addresses “usually cannot be changed.”
Google did not immediately reply to PYMNTS’ request for comment.
According to the CNBC report, after users change their Gmail address, their old email address will remain active as an alias, so emails sent to that address will still arrive in the user’s inbox.
The user’s photos, messages, emails and other existing data will remain unchanged, per the report.
This feature has long been requested by Gmail users because creating a new Gmail address currently means users must create a new account and…
