Gmail finally doubles email attachment limit, but it means nothing

It’s 2017, and we're still stuck with email clients that refuse to accept attachments going north of 25MB. Gmail is changing that. Well, sort of. 

Google has announced that it is doubling the attachment size for all Gmail users — going up from 25MB to 50MB. It’s a welcome move and should worry rivals Outlook and Yahoo (a lot of people use it!).

Except, they don’t really need to worry ... yet.

You see, Gmail users can receive emails with attachments that are as big as 50MB in size. But they still can't send an email that big. The attachment size is still capped at 25MB, Google said in a blog post.  Read more...