Gmail introduces SELF-DESTRUCTING emails as Google makes biggest upgrade for years
Users can also now 'snooze' emails they don't want to read straight away
GOOGLE has unveiled its latest tweak to Gmail - which lets you send self destructing emails.
Named 'confidential mode,' the move means that you can choose how long the recipient will be able to read the email before it disappears.
Sneakily, the recipient also won't be able to forward, download, print or copy and paste the top secret content you've sent them.
For even more security, users will now also have the option to stop the recipient from reading the email until they have entered a passcode sent by text.
Impressively, even if the recipient doesn't have a Gmail account, the email will still self-destruct.
The moves comes alongside a series of other changes, which are all available to try out today, by clicking 'Try the new Gmail' in your settings.
The other biggest change to the service is the sidebar appearing on the right hand side of the inbox.
Here users will be able to use other Google apps like Calendar to schedule meetings without the hassle of clicking back and forth between screens.
It means your Gmail screen will look completely different from how it did at the start of the year.
For users who don't want to be disturbed by certain emails, you will now have the option to 'snooze' them.
Emails that are 'snoozed' will instead reappear in your inbox hours or even days later.
How to get the new Gmail right now
First, load up Gmail on your PC or Mac computer.
If your account has been approved for the update, you'll see an option at the top that says Try The New Gmail.
All you need to do is click it and you'll be automatically switched over.
However, not all users will see it immediately.
Google is gradually rolling the update out for more than a billion Gmail users, which might take a while.
So keep checking back over the next few days for the update to appear.
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Gmail is Google's free email service, and launched way back in 2004 as a "beta test" version.
It didn't actually make it out of this testing mode until 2009, but that didn't stop its quick rise in popularity.
It's now one of the most popular email services in the world.
Roughly 1.4billion people use Gmail right now, so it's no surprise Google is making efforts to upgrade it.
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