Google Removing Gmail's Basic HTML View in 2024, Impacting Some Users

Google is removing Gmail's Basic HTML view for all accounts starting January 2024.

The company notified some users via email but did not explain why it's removing the HTML option.

Gmail's HTML view was introduced over 10 years ago to load info quickly on older/slower devices.

Aspects like chat and search won't be available with HTML view gone.

The change was criticized for not considering the visually impaired who rely on the simple HTML view.