Gmail App Size Grows to Over 760 MB, Highlighting App Bloat Trend
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Summary
The article examines the significant increase in size of the Gmail app, which has grown from around 12 MB in 2017 to over 760 MB currently, making it one of the most bloated apps among the top 100 free apps. It compares Gmail's size to Outlook's 428 MB and discusses the broader trend of app bloat over time, noting that top iPhone apps have been taking up increasing storage space since 2013.
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Its measly 428 MB size pales in comparison.
For most of that period, the size of the Gmail app hovered around 12 MB, with a sudden jump to more than 200 MB.
This isn't new. In 2017, Axios reported that the top iPhone apps had been taking up an increasing amount of space over the period from 2013 to 2017.
The current state of app bloat.
