If your email inbox gets flooded with messages each day, it can be a chore to go through them all.
One way to efficiently deal with this influx is to mark some emails as “read,” keeping them in your inbox without distracting you from more important matters.
Unfortunately, if you use Gmail for Android and want to mark an email as read, you have to open the app, as there’s no shortcut in the notification to do it. Thankfully, that could change soon.
Gmail for Android may soon add a "mark as read" button directly in notifications. This would let users clear emails without opening the app.
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Currently, Android users must open the Gmail app to mark emails as read. The notification lacks this convenient shortcut.
The feature addresses a common inbox management challenge for users with high email volume. Marking as read helps prioritize important messages.
Early reports suggest Google is testing this feature via limited A/B trials. Only a few users have reported seeing the button so far.
One user confirmed having the button on Gmail version 2025.06.15 for one account. This indicates a selective, account-based rollout.
If implemented, this update would align the Android app with Gmail for iOS. The iOS version already offers this notification feature.
The change would also bring Gmail in line with many other email clients. Numerous Android email apps already provide this functionality.