Proton Mail just rolled out a practical update. Users can now connect their Gmail accounts directly inside the Proton interface. They check messages, receive new ones, and send replies without juggling two inboxes. The change arrives at a moment when many professionals weigh the costs of Google’s data practices against the friction of a full email switch. From Painful Migration to Managed Transition The feature builds on Proton’s Easy Switch tool. It imports recent Gmail messages automatically while setting up forwarding for everything ahead. Trackers get stripped. Ads disappear. Spam filters tighten. And when a message heads to another Proton user, end-to-end encryption kicks in even if the sender still uses a @gmail.com address. Setup takes four clicks. Open settings. Select Import via Easy Switch. Choose Google. Grant the OAuth permissions. Proton then pulls in enough history to provide context without pushing storage past 80 percent of the account limit. Free accounts handle one connected Gmail.…