What company owns and operates Gmail?

Gmail is a free email service provided by Google. As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active users worldwide.

At its launch in 2004, Gmail provided a storage capacity of one gigabyte per user, which was significantly higher than its competitors offered at the time. Today, the service comes with 15 gigabytes of storage, which is divided among other Google services, such as Google Drive, and Google Photos.