This time the scythe is coming for one of the company’s oldest features—Gmail’s basic HTML view. In January 2024, that simple interface heads for the great beyond.

Google has announced that it will discontinue the basic HTML view of Gmail next year. After this discontinuation, everyone who uses the basic HTML view will be switched to the Standard view ...

After the beginning of the year, Gmail will automatically change to its Standard view. Some visually impaired users prefer the Basic view.