Spark email app rolls out Avatars, folders and sidebar enhancements

Spark e-mail app rolls out Avatars, folders and sidebar enhancements

This updates makes the app a lot easier to use

Spark'due south Android e-mail app is getting a few quality of life improvements to bring it upwards to par with the Mac and iOS versions of the platform.

The app's update is going live this morning and it includes profile pictures for email contacts, a customizable sidebar and folders. This should help make navigating the Spark easier since information technology'due south now more than visual and organized.

Avatars are turned off past default, merely you tin enable them in the 'Theme' section of the app's settings. This feature is available on both Mac and iOS, only I don't use them in that location, and I don't think I will on Android, either. If you have several contacts with actual pictures that yous email often, this might be nice, merely for business organisation use I retrieve it makes things a little too cluttered.

The app's sidebar is where most of the update reveals itself. At first glance, the merely new matter you'll notice is a small 'Edit Listing' button above your email business relationship names. From here, y'all can choose what main folders to run across in the sidebar and how to organize the subfolders that are inside each email account.

You can also add folders from your individual email accounts to the main sidebar carte, which is a squeamish touch. The final new feature is just the ability to create your ain email folders.

Last fall, Spark updated its iOS app with a very clean and modern design and the promise that it's coming to iOS later. It's unclear if this is the update that was promised

You lot can download Spark for Android for free.