[45Shield]

On iPhone 11 and using Apple Mail. I mostly have Gmail accounts. My question is why does the mail app only check for new emails when I open it?

[joemd60]

On iPhone 11 and using Apple Mail. I mostly have Gmail accounts. My question is why does the mail app only check for new emails when I open it?

Set it to fetch. Go into your accounts in settings, and open Gmail, you will see the settings for how you want it to operate.