Last April Google announced a new version of Gmail for mobile for the iPhone and Android-powered devices. Among the improvements included a redesign of the Web application's underlying code which allowed Google to rapidly develop and release new features that users have been asking for.



Today Google announced two improvements that will speed up your Gmail for mobile experience.

The first improvement is faster address auto-completion. When you begin typing the first few letters of your friend or colleague's name or email address, Gmail for mobile will quickly display possible contacts.

The second improvement is enabled keyboard shortcuts for Android-powered devices with a physical keyboard. Now you can use all those familiar Gmail keyboard shortcuts to quickly move through your inbox. For example, if you're reading an email you can press 'u' to return to the inbox or 'n' to move to the next conversation.

To try out Gmail for mobile, visit gmail.com in your mobile browser. This version of Gmail for mobile supports iPhone/iPod Touch OS 2.2.1 or above, as well as all Android-powered devices, and is available for US English only. To make it easy to access your Gmail account, try creating a home screen link.

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