Gmail is getting a major overhaul. Here is all you need to know.

If you are one among the 1.2 billion Gmail users, chances are good that the news about Gmail doesn’t excite you as much as a small cosmetic change in Facebook.

Well, that’s understandable because most people don’t interact with Gmail the way they do with a social networking site. But love it or hate it, the email service giant is bringing it’s most expensive and extensive revamp, the biggest one since 2013. So in case if you hate changes, here is all you need to know to survive the shock.

The security update

I don’t think anybody can hate that. There are very few accounts that don’t get a load of spam and phishing emails and Gmail’s new security update will warn you in big red alert across such messages. Gmail got your back, buddy.

The Confidential mode

Of all the changes rolling out, this could just end up being the most talked- about one. It is basically an information control system that lets you prevent the receiver from downloading, forwarding, copying or printing your mail. You can also pre-set a time period after which the email will be automatically deleted from the receiver’s inbox. The sender has more control over his information now.

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Nudge, snooze and smart reply.

If you don’t respond to an email, you will be nudged with quick reminders and asked to follow up the message. If this sounds irritating, Gmail balances things out with a snooze button that helps you snooze emails that you can’t get to at that moment. But then if you want to respond quickly, ‘Smart replies’ helps you with simple response suggestions that help you save time. So based on the content you receive in your mail, Gmail will prepare possible replies which you can edit or send it right away.

High priority notification

Don’t you just hate it when unwanted notifications pull in to your mobile phones notification panel? Gmail’s new feature will let you get the important notifications on mobile and will even advise you when to unsubscribe from newsletters.

Gmail’s new update will also include a more interactive side panel (with Google calendar, to do lists and notes), advanced offline functionalities, ability to get to the attachments without having to wade through the long chats and emails and much more.

Gmail is slowly rolling out the changes and you may get these in the coming days. You can try some of it by clicking on the settings button at the top right corner and by choosing the option ‘try new Gmail’. Well, what if you don’t like it? What if you preferred Gmail the old way? Don’t worry, you can always go back to the classic version of Gmail.