Set up email

Set up personal email

You can add multiple email accounts of the following types:

  • Gmail
  • Personal email from other providers (IMAP/POP)

If you added a Google account on your phone:

  • When you open the Gmail app for the first time, you'll see your email for that account. You're already set up.
  • To set up additional accounts, open Gmail, touch your profile icon , then touch Add another account.

If you didn’t add a Google account to your phone and want to set up email for an IMAP/POP provider (an address that's not Gmail):

  1. Open the Gmail app.
  2. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and account options.

    If you have problems setting up the account, read Google's help for Gmail.

Set up corporate email

If you use Microsoft Office Outlook on your work computer, your phone can synchronize emails, calendar events, and contacts with the Microsoft Exchange server. Before you start, you'll need the following information from your company's IT department:

  • Email address
  • Email password
  • Domain name
  • Username
  • Server name
  • Security type/SSL settings
  • Client certificate requirement

To set up corporate email:

  1. Open the Gmail app.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • If this is your first time opening the Gmail app, touch Add another email address.
    • If you have been using Gmail with another account, touch your profile icon , then touch Add another account.
  3. Touch Exchange and Office 365.
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions to enter your email address, password, and other information from your company's IT department.

Switch account views

In the Gmail app, touch your profile icon , then select an account.

To open each inbox with one touch from your home screen, add task shortcuts:

  1. Touch & hold .
  2. Drag for each account to a blank space on your home screen.