GMAIL is a famously world-class email platform, boasting many regular users. So how easy is it to create a Gmail account – and is Gmail still the best free email provider?
Google continually tinkers with its world-class Gmail email service. Silicon Valley’s email platform has this year received several upgrades to improve the Gmail experience.
How to create a Gmail account?
It is fortunately very easy to create a username and password to sign in to Gmail and other products, from YouTube, Google Play and Google Drive.
Start by visiting the Google account creation page, accounts.google.com
Then click on Create account and the sign-up form will appear.
Next, enter your first and surname, then choose a Username for your account.
Google allows people to also use an existing email address.
After selecting a username and enter then re-enter the password to confirm.
For the sake of security, Google’s will only accept eight or more characters with a mix of letters, numbers and symbols.
After tapping Next users will be required to enter their phone number to verify your account.
This is a two-step verification process for the sake of email security.
On the given mobile number users will receive a text message from Google with a verification code, which should be enter for verification purposes
The next page will ask users to enter their date of birth in the specified fields, then gender.
Next read Google’s Terms of Service and Privacy Policy and click on I Agree.
A new Google Gmail account will now been created.
From now on every time you sign in you just have to enter your email username and password.
Remember – every time you sign-in never forget to sign-out because it prevents others from viewing your emails.
Does Gmail remain the best email provider in 2020?
Google Gmail remains the world’s most popular email provider, now boasting more than 1.5 billion users.
This is because Gmail remains unquestionably one of the best free email providers.
Google’s email offers 15GB of free storage and a flexible user interface, allowing users to choose between the conventional and AJAX-powered interface – a new technique for creating better, faster and more interactive web applications.
Since Gmail is developed by Google, users can integrate their email with various Google services like Google Hangout, advanced file sharing app Google Suite and Google Calendar.
Those who enjoy using YouTube frequently, should consider setting up a Gmail account, as it allows people to access and manage their Youtube account easily.
In addition, Gmail has a great filter feature.
