- Gmail can now send E2EE emails to non-gmail users, but it’s not that simple
- Only Enterprise Workspace plus customers can use the functionality
- It is still much more accessible than s / mime
Google strengthens email safety by offering customer-side encryption to Gmail users, even if they send recipients with other messaging providers.
This means that Gmail shippers will be able to end emails (E2EE) between suppliers, for example, if Gmail’s sending to Outlook, ensuring that no unjustified access is granted to the content of their message.
However, there is a key difference in the way the recipients can open their emails, and it will not be as fluid as the content landing directly in their reception box.
Gmail users can send encrypted emails to all
E2EE Gmail-Gmail e-mails are displayed in the regular email, because Google can take care of the infrastructure for the sender and the recipient, but because Google has no control over the recipient infrastructure on other suppliers, they will be directed to a Gmail account invited to open the mail.
However, it guarantees that professional users can communicate safely without the hassle of key exchange or downloading specialized software.
“This capacity, requiring minimal efforts for IT teams and end users, summarizes traditional computer complexity and lower user experiences with existing solutions, while preserving data sovereignty, improved confidentiality and security checks,” said Google.
Since the launch, it will be available for Google Workspace Enterprise plus customers with the supplementary module provided for controls. The deployment has already started, but it could take until mid-October so that all users see the changes.
In a blog article separated earlier in 2025, the main product manager of Google Workspace, Johney Burke, and the product manager Julien Duplant criticized the S / Mime protocol today to be difficult to work, hence the effort to simplify the encryption of crossed emails.
But Google is not the only company to work on the simplification of encryption. Proton also offers complete E2EE for its own users as well as password protected links for third parties to display encrypted mail.
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