Yesterday, Google announced that Google Workspace users who have access to Gmail client-side encryption will now be able to use full end-to-end encryption in the Gmail client even if the recipient uses a non-Gmail email provider. Nice!
End-to-end encryption means that the content of your email is fully encrypted by the Gmail client before it gets sent off to Google’s email, protecting it from eavesdropping. (Note, the subject line and addressed recipients are NOT covered by end-to-end encryption.)
Google says you can now send end-to-end encrypted emails from the Gmail client even to recipients who are using another email service, like Outlook or their own email server. Upon receipt, the recipient will see a notification that the content of the email is encrypted, and must confirm their login to decrypt the email to read.
End-to-end encryption started rolling out on September 30th to all users who have access to Gmail client-side encryption, but it could take up to 15 days before all users have access to the feature.
This article originally appeared on our sister publication PC för Alla and was translated and localized from Swedish.