Quick Post: Green Robot
All of you GMail users, I have a fun tip for you! You may already know that there are a lot of fun features you can enable in GMail Labs, like Multiple Inboxes, additional colored stars, and one I just found – Green Robot!
Have you ever IMed someone with GChat thinking they were home sitting at their computer, when their “dot” was actually green because they were logged in via their phone? Well now you can tell whether they’re available via their mobile device or desktop computer!
- Log into GMail and click the “Settings” link (or the green “labs” beaker if you see it)
- Click on the “Labs” tab
- In the “Search for a Lab” box, type “Green Robot”
- Click the radio button to Enable the feature, then click the “Save Changes” button
Now go back to your Inbox, look at the Chat section, and you’ll see:
ISN’T IT CUTE??? Haha I just love the little robots that indicate the person is on GChat mobile!
The only reason I can think of that more people don’t use Green Robot is that it was developed before Android “hit the big time” and lies hidden far down the list of Labs features.
Try it out and let us know what you think!
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Wow great tip! I’ve been struggling with this as I have a few friends that will keep their Gmail open on their pcs, but will be active on their phones too. I never knew if I was messaging them on a workstation (where they are likely to respond faster) or to their phone (where they could be sleeping but their phone decided to make them look active.)
Okay I’m really feeling stupid but can’t find this in my settings anywhere. Can’t find a “Labs” tab but saw a labels one but nowhere to search on there either. 🙁
Hi, Carrie! Don’t feel bad. I think one thing I left out that may be confusing is that I meant GMail settings on your desktop browser, not the mobile settings.
Here is an intro to Google Labs that has a screenshot of where to find the Labs tab. Hope it helps!
http://lifehacker.com/#!395211/gmail-gets-13-experimental-new-features-tonight