Gmail vs Google Play Books

Since both the Gmail Android app and Gmail itself is made by Google, the app supports all features Gmail offers (like labeling/starring) and gets new features implemented early - usually as soon as they are announced.

Gmail brings much of the functionality and power of Google's search engine to the app's search. You can use operators such as label:, is:, OR, has: among others, define date ranges, limit search to specific groups and so on. And, you can do it all amazingly fast. The search will also try to predict what you're trying to search for before you've even finished your query and offer up those results.

The app allows inserting files from Drive straight to email or uploading attachments to Drive before sending them out. It will also notify if the person you're sending the file can open the file or if you should change the sharing settings for that file beforehand. Finally, you can choose which one of your Google accounts you want visible in the app.

Not only is the application free, it comes bundled with the Android OS by default so you don't even have to bother downloading it.

The app does not require a confirmation to show images as Google now hosts the images on their own servers making it safe. You can still disable the automatic displaying of images in the settings if you wish.

Gmail offers the ability to automatically organize your mail into specific categories:

• Primary
• Social
• Promotions
• Updates
• Priority

Each of the categories can be disabled and you can move your mail around from category to category or set your own rules which sender should be put in which category.

Google Play Books offers many options while reading such as bookmarks, highlights and notes. Making for a good app to use for academic .pdfs and .epubs.

Users can use the Google Play Books webpage or app to upload their own .epubs or PDFs.

Google Play Books has an inbuilt dictionary for users to use to look up unfamiliar words.

Margins, text size, line spacing and color theme of the page can be changed to the users liking,.

No matter what device one is using the Google Play Books service on it will sync all eBooks and placement into the cloud.

Google Play Books has built in immersive mode when reading. This allows for the navigation and notification bars to be hidden, allowing the full screen to be used for the eBook.

Like the majority of Google's apps, Google Play Books has a slick interface that works quite smoothly.

Google Play Books offers a dark and a light theme to make it easier to read in dark or light rooms.

Google Play Books has an in built eBook store within the app, making for a convenient way to purchase titles.

Text to speech can be used to have an eBook read to the reader aloud.