Once you change your username, your old and new Gmail names will both work. In other words, you can use both usernames to sign into your account and send or receive emails.

This is just an email alias, not an actual change

Something, something, broken clock

Twenty-two years of the same Gmail address, then claiming a name change is a feature drop. The old workaround was just creating a new account and losing everything tied to the old one, which was never a real solution for anyone with actual Google Account history. Google built an entire ecosystem around a fixed identity problem they could have solved at launch.

nah... my gmail is specifically for junk mail now, much like the products you produce. idgaf what the email shows as since it's used for nothing that I truly care about anymore.

Google = junk mail

FYI - only available for American users

Aliases have been a thing for a while now, though I suppose in this case it would be akin to changing your primary alias

Finally addressing a 22-year limitation that forced users to create entirely new accounts instead of just updating their email. This change feels long overdue and minimal compared to the data migration nightmare Google created. Anyone know if account history and old emails transfer or if you lose everything tied to the old address?