<p>Google updated Gmail for iOS today with one simple update that might just have won me over.</p><p>Now, you can move between messages without returning to your inbox simply by swiping left or right. It's the sort of innovation that is incredibly obvious in 20/20 hindsight but just as incredibly useful and time-saving when you simply want a quick overview of what's going on in your inbox.</p><p>After a half-year hiatus, Google has now updated Gmail twice in fairly short order. It completely revamped the app in December and used its widely-praised layout and style for the company's mobile web email design.</p><p>The other update? An Apple iOS mail-like ability to select multiple messages in the inbox and apply actions like delete, archive, move, or mark as unread another time-saving and efficiency-increasing change.</p><p><a href="http://venturebeat.com/2013/03/27/gmail-for-ios-one-simple-update-makes-it-awesome/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19512_7-57576682-233/gmail-for-ios-adds-more-organizational-tools/">Gmail for iOS adds more organizational tools</a> (CNET)</p><p><a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/27/gmail-for-ios-update-brings-new-interface-features-to-iphone-ipad">Gmail for iOS update brings new interface features to iPhone, iPad</a> (Apple Insider)</p><p><a href="http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/03/27/gmail-for-ios-gets-better-handling-of-multiple-emails-with-edit-mode-swiping-between-messages/">Gmail 2.1 for iOS is Out</a> (The Next Web)</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d5ZpOHcdHfAwQTMfd1XsR1we3dM6M&ned=us">27 additional articles.</a></p>