Yesterday, Samsung introduced its latest foldable smartphones, the Galaxy Z Flip 6 and Galaxy Z Fold 6, at its Unpacked 2024 event. While the Z Fold 6 gets a slightly bigger outer display, the Z Flip 6 retains the same 3.4-inch cover screen found on its predecessor. Besides some new widgets and Galaxy AI features, Samsung didn’t make any major upgrades to Z Flip 6’s outer screen this year.

However, the South Korean tech giant will soon be adding support for two popular email applications. During a press briefing before the Unpacked event (via 9to5Google), Samsung revealed that the Z Flip 6’s cover display will support the Gmail app.

Samsung is adding support for the Gmail app on the Galaxy Z Flip 6’s cover display

According to the source, Samsung representatives revealed that the Galaxy Z Flip 6’s cover display will soon support the Gmail app. Apart from Gmail, the phone’s Flex Window will also support Microsoft’s Outlook app. Unfortunately, the representatives didn’t reveal when exactly the updated versions of these apps with support for the cover screen will arrive.

The 3.4-inch cover screen of the Galaxy Z Flip 6 doesn’t provide much estate to work with. However, the official Gmail and Outlook support will certainly provide quick access to your inboxes, without having to flip open the phone. We can be hopeful that the updated email apps will also have support for the Flex Window of the Z Flip 5.

Currently, users can run any third-party app like Gmail directly on the Galaxy Z Flip 5’s cover display using Good Lock. However, these apps offer a sub-par experience due to UI scaling and other issues. It won’t be the case with the Gmail and Outlook apps once they get support from Google and Microsoft later this year.

Galaxy Z Flip 6 is available to pre-order, pricing starts at $1,099

Samsung has started taking pre-orders for the Galaxy Z Flip 6. The phone is up for grabs for $1,099 for the 256GB storage variant. The 512GB model, on the other hand, will set you back by $1,219. The handset is offered in four color variants – Silver Shadow, Yellow, Blue and Mint.

The company is also offering three more color models including Crafted Black, Peach and White, exclusively on its website. Samsung will start shipping the Galaxy Z Flip 6 on July 24.