Gmail Account Activity Check : Technical : Amazing

Gmail Account Activity Check : Technical : Amazing

Google has recently added a new security feature to Gmail which lets users track their recent sessions and also allows them to sign out remotely.

Technically speaking, this new layer of information will let Gmail users track all recent activity on their Gmail account which indeed is an excellent new security measure.

A new line in footer now tells you about your last account activity and also notifies if your account is open simultaneously on any other location.


Clicking on details will launch a popup which gives you statistics about your recent account activity in detail. It tells you about the access type (browser, device etc), IP address and Date/Time.

Until now, the only solution when you forgot to log out from Gmail after using a public computer was to change your password. Otherwise, anyone could access your account without knowing the password. Now you can sign out remotely from all the locations where your Gmail account is still open.

This new feature is a great addition to Gmail to increase the security of the system. I would like to see an extensive history though, not only the last five logins but maybe those of the last three months or even year. Users who connect regularly will probably see only connection attempts of the same day in the history.