Google and Apple They are two companies that feed each other. When one copies something from another, soon the reverse happens again, but this, instead of confronting fans of the brand, should make them happy, especially when these copies serve to facilitate the user experience with our mobile phones, whether they are whatever platform they are.
The latest news in this regard is that Google is working on a protected email function equivalent to the «“Hide my email” from Applewhich basically protects your email address from spam. The feature allows you to hide your email and create a temporary one that will forward emails to your original email address, avoiding annoying Spam.
Google Shielded Email
As the website specialized in the Google operating system Android Authority has discovered, when taking a look at the code of the Google Play Services version 24.45.33 APKGoogle is working on this protected email feature.
Be careful, what Gmail already does a pretty good job of combating and filtering spam.but every time you share your email, it seems like you could be risking receiving spam of all kinds. That’s why the company has chosen Apple to create a new function that prevents spam from flooding your inbox.
And how would this new tool work that Google giants have borrowed? On paper, and based on what Apple already offers, it consists of a system that allows you to create a single-use or limited-use email alias that would be responsible for forwarding messages to your main account. As emails will be forwarded to your main accountyou can disable it whenever you want if spam becomes a real nuisance. Additionally, Google could integrate the feature with Android’s autofill service and also with Google Password Manager.
Apparently, Google appears to be designing this new tool specifically to handle situations where applications request our email addressso Gmail would be the one that would receive this news. But not only the email app would be available to this tool, but Shielded Email could be very useful for users when creating new accounts in Android applications in order to keep your privacy safe from third-party intrusions.
Free or paid?
Well, here we must make a small aside, since we remember that, in the case of Apple, the company charges for the function “Hide my email”since it is included in the iCloud+ subscription. At the moment it is not clear if Google will charge for this feature or if it will be available for free. In fact, as has been discovered in the Google Play Services APK, it still cannot be confirmed that it will finally appear, although everything points to it.
