Now You Can Stream Video Attachments in Gmail

Google has rolled out for its services in just this one week, one “quality of life improvement” also comes for its email service, Gmail. Google is making previewing video attachments in Gmail much smoother and quicker. From now on, Gmail desktop users can now stream attachment videos right on the page, instead of needing to download them first and open it with a media player.

Basically, with the update, Gmail users will now see a thumbnail of the video, which would look similar to YouTube. These video thumbnails will stream right within the page and will allow a user to play the clip back, adjust quality and sound levels, and even stream it to a Chromecast device.

“This feature uses the same Google infrastructure that powers YouTube, Google Drive, and other video streaming apps, so video is delivered at optimal quality and availability,” Google writes in its blog.

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There's the fact that Gmail attachments have a size limit — although Google did just double the size of files you can receive to 50 MB, which was a slight improvement. Attachments you send still have to be 25MB or under.

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You will still be able to download video attachments, but now you'll also be able to simply click on a file and pull up a YouTube-style player to play the clip, in which you can also adjust the sound and quality. You can even (theoretically) stream it to a Chromecast device (although when The Verge writer tried, he received an error message — obviously, there are some bugs to work out).

Google says it is rolling out the feature to everybody, but for some users it may take up to 15 days to see it. So pretty soon, you'll be able to watch all those cute-baby and cat videos as soon as they hit your inbox. We'd call that a win.