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Adding non-Gmail addresses to Gmail Android app

Quite regularly, in the Gmail Help Community, we receive queries on how to add a non-Gmail email address to the Gmail Android app since it comes as the default Email app in most Android devices and dispenses with installing other similar email apps. In this blog article, I plan to document the steps, with screenshots, on how to do so. The non-Gmail addresses used are p*****@hotmail.com, a*****@yahoo.com and f*****@aol.com. All the three email addresses have 2-factor authentication enabled. One of the 2-factor authentication options being codes from the Google Authenticator or any other TOTP app. For  ease of navigation, I am going to divide this blog article into three sections, namely: Adding a Hotmail address Adding an AOL address Adding a Yahoo address Adding a Hotmail address We begin by opening the Gmail Android app on our mobile device and tap on the circular profile icon that's in the top-right corner. It opens a pop-up screen to display the currently set-up accounts and...