Yahoo Mail revamps mobile website, launches Android Go app
Yahoo Mail has come up with two major updates: a new mobile app for Android Go and an updated mobile website. One will help users access e-mails on low-end phones and spotty networks and the other will provide a revamped app-like mobile web experience. The updates aim to expand the user base of Yahoo Mail, which is available in 46 languages and 70 markets.
Yahoo Mail targeting low-cost, low-bandwidth markets
Yahoo Mail has launched a new app that is optimized for Android Go. Android Go by Google is an optimized version of the Android Oreo OS which is specially designed for low-configuration smartphones. On it, Yahoo Mail Go will take up lesser space (50MB with an install size below 10MB), be more lightweight, load faster, use lesser data, and be optimized for low-resolution screens.
Yahoo Mail was anyway lightweight; you'll miss no standard features
Yahoo Mail Go will still allow users to create multiple accounts, add GIFs, and archive and delete e-mails straight from the notification bar. It will also support features like auto-suggesting frequently contacted friends and showing the photo of each sender beside their e-mail.
Mobile website for Yahoo Mail with more app-like features
The revamped mobile website for Yahoo Mail aims to provide users with a way to seamlessly access their e-mails without having to download a separate app. New app-like features include swipe left and right to delete and mark as read, pop-out sidebar menu for folders, personalized colors, themes, and backgrounds, e-mail address auto-suggestions, and infinite scrolling.
Get notifications on receiving e-mails, like for an app
The mobile website for Yahoo Mail now also allows users to add browser shortcuts to their Android smartphone's home screen. With the shortcut icon, the mobile website looks and feels even more like an app.
Yahoo Mail has stagnated in its growth
Despite not being able to keep up with competitors like Gmail, Yahoo Mail boasts of 227.8 million monthly active users (MAUs) and claims that some 26 billion e-mails are daily exchanged on the platform. But its user size has increased by only about two million people than a year ago. In comparison, Google's Gmail reported having 1.4 billion MAUs last April.
