Gmail leaves beta, launches “Back to Beta” Labs feature

Gmail out of beta

After more than 5 years of being in beta, Google has finally moved a step up.  And trust me, there is a reason why it stayed in beta for so long.

Others said that once we integrated chat, developed new anti-spam technology, expanded to 53 languages, shipped a mobile app, added group chat, launched an iPhone UI, added a vacation autoresponder, launched Gmail Labs, subsequently modified the vacation autoresponder with a Gmail Lab, launched 48 other Labs, launched video chat, enabled open protocols and APIs (POP, auto-forwarding, IMAP, and the Contacts Data API), let you POP mail in from other accounts, added a delete button, rearchitected our entire javascript code base, and added key functionality to get large companies, startups, universities, and many other organizations (in addition to Google itself) running on Gmail, we should have come out of beta.

Even though its out of beta, Gmail Labs allows us to add the “beta” sticker back on the Gmail logo. Pretty chill =]

"Revert" to beta

Source: Gmail Blog