Google has announced that it will discontinue the Basic HTML version of its Gmail service in January 2024, signalling a move towards a more unified and feature-rich Gmail experience for all users ...

After the beginning of the year, Gmail will automatically change to its Standard view. Some visually impaired users prefer the Basic view.

This time the scythe is coming for one of the company’s oldest features—Gmail’s basic HTML view. In January 2024, that simple interface heads for the great beyond.

"Basic HTML view will be supported until early January 2024. Until then, your organization can still use the current basic HTML view," Google shared in email notifications to Google Workspace admins.

It's unclear when Google decided to discontinue Basic HTML support, but information about it can be found on this support page titled "Use the latest version of Gmail in your browser".