Practically everyone who has a computer with Internet at home has an email account, if not, you should create a new account in Gmail , one of the most used email providers in the world, although Hotmail is also a good alternative.
It only takes 2 minutes to create your own personalized email in Gmail, it is also free and gives you access to a multitude of services. That is, with a Gmail account you will have 15 GB of space in the Google Drive cloud, you can create documents, spreadsheets and more.
Your new email address will end in @ gmail.com, you can only customize the first part that is before the @ to your liking , although only in case what you are going to put is not already assigned to another person, you will have to change it otherwise if that happens.
To create a Gmail account you have to follow some very simple steps:
- Open your browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and open the Gmail website.
- Click on the option “use another account”.
- In the new window, click on “create account” and choose the option “for me”.
- Finally, you just have to fill in the fields name, surname, username and password. When you have it, click on “next” and you will have your account created.
That is how easy and fast it is to create an account in the Gmail mail service. The most important thing is that you fill in the data well and especially the “username” field as it will be from now on the email address that you must memorize and to which all the emails will reach you.
When you have it, you can now log in to Gmail by entering the full address (this is a [email protected]) and the password. Remember to modify the access code periodically and that it has at least 8 characters where it combines numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters and symbols.
You can also follow the steps above to create an account from a smartphone or other mobile device , they are the same, you would only have to open your phone’s browser (Safari, Google Chrome or any other).
When you have it, you can configure the email app that you have installed with this account or with other accounts from other providers (Hotmail, Yahoo, etc.).
Advantages of having a Gmail account
As we already mentioned, creating a Gmail account allows you to have access to a multitude of other services, not just email. Above we talked about some, but now we are going to give you more details of what you get with a Gmail email:
- Limited storage: you will have 15 GB of online space for your mail, photos and Google Drive (Google cloud), although you can always expand it by buying more storage with a Google One plan.
- Online office suite: you will have access to an online office suite compatible with Office composed of a text editor, spreadsheets, presentations, forms and other possibilities.
- Other options: with a Gmail account you can save videos on YouTube, save your search history with Google, save places on Google Maps, log in to many places without having to register with another account, etc.