Gmail users were left in a state of confusion after a viral post claimed that the service was “coming to a close”.
An email screenshot from Google titled ‘Google is sunsetting Gmail’ was shared on X and it spread like wildfire, triggering panic among users.
The fake message which spread on X claimed Google will be ‘sunsetting’ Gmail by 2024.
With people expressing their worries believing the hoax to be real, Gmail’s official X page wrote: “Gmail is here to stay.”
Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004 with the promise of providing fast email search and a storage limit of 1 GB — 500 times more than prevailing inboxes of the time.
Gmail is now part of Google Workspace, the integrated solution that spans Docs, Slides, Sheets, Meet, Chat, and more — and that’s home to more than three billion global users.