According to recent information, users will be able to substitute their current address with a new one within the same domain. The old email will not disappear but will become an alias, and correspondence will still arrive at both addresses. All account data—from Gmail correspondence to files in Google Drive and YouTube history—will remain unchanged.
The feature involves several restrictions (and things get complicated again). The address can only be altered up to three times. The prior address cannot immediately be used to register a new account; this capability will only become available after 12 months. Furthermore, deleting the just-selected new address will be impossible.
Authorization across all Google services, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, Maps, and Google Play, will be accessible using either the previous or the new address. This implies that changing the email will not necessitate re-linking to associated services or migrating data.
The company has not yet issued official announcements regarding the worldwide rollout of this function. Evidently, this innovation is in the testing phase in select territories, and its implementation may take some duration.
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