Gmail to Receive Token from Microsoft with the New Update

Gmail is all set to expand with Yahoo and Microsoft.

With the advancements, you can now add multiple accounts of ymail or hotmail on your device through OAuth. To use this service, OAuth will allow the users to avoid entering a security password and name for Gmail in their Android phones.

Multiple Accounts Under One Roof

Gmail is used widely for personal as well as professional contexts. With digitalization cutting its way through all the innovations, there is no more paper work done in any of the companies. Every message is carried through email. However, you may have to juggle between multiple accounts daily. To avoid such hassle, Gmail has provided you with this application feature where you no more have to save several apps and increase the complexity.

Gmail Relies on Yahoo and Microsoft

For easy convenience of users, Gmail has made available every account of the user under one roof. To access OAuth service, Yahoo and Microsoft authorize Gmail while adding accounts. For example, if you have logged into Outlook for running through your emails, Microsoft will provide you a small icon of Gmail, specifically for Android. With the help of the icon button, you can easily have access to the Gmail emails. When you click on it, Gmail will receive a token from Microsoft, which is a text file, for allowing the user to access Gmail along with Outlook.

OAuthorization Through a Text File

In case you are not logged into your Outlook account, you may have to use the OAuth text file by accessing the Microsoft account. If you are familiar using Twitter or Facebook apps, you can easily get a whip of this new feature of Gmail for its users on Android. You can avail the benefit of this soon as Gmail is all set to launch this added feature to Gmail users who also have their accounts on Outlook and Yahoo.

No Hacking for This Innovation

OAuthorization provides a strong security level through OAuthorization. This is because you are not made to enter any of your details for Gmail account through Android. This avoids the prominent risk of hacking or leaking your Outlook or ymail credentials through Gmail. However, if you find any risk or chance of hacking, you can immediately allow OAuth to disallow its functioning and thus, separate your accounts from Gmail.

Security Breach

Gmail has provided powerful security alerts to the users. It is soon launching a verification process where you will have to enter the code that is sent to your either email or registered phone number. Once you enter that pass code to the screen of your Android app and match the expected code and the one you entered, Gmail will allow access to its further process. However, direct login to third party applications does not work.

Why Yahoo and Microsoft

Gmail has typically chosen Yahoo and Microsoft for this added attribute of app because of their widespread use. The corporate crowd still controls all their emails through Microsoft Outlook. On the other hand, you can find many personal users handling ymail through Yahoo.

Hence, for the betterment of personal and professional lives, Gmail has made Outlook and Yahoo accessible through Gmail.