<style> in Gmail Android
Partial <style> is partly supported in Gmail Android.
Not supported inside the <body>.
Works in 16 of 21 · partial in 5
Which clients
- Works
- Outlook 365, Outlook (New), Outlook iOS, Outlook Android, Outlook for Mac, Apple Mail, Apple Mail iOS, Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Mail Android, Yahoo Mail iOS, Samsung Mail, Thunderbird, HEY Mail, AOL Mail, Fastmail, Superhuman
- Partial
- Gmail, Gmail Android, Gmail iOS, Outlook Classic, Proton Mail
Your reader in Gmail Android may not see <style> the way you wrote it, even if it looks right where you tested it.
What to do instead in Gmail Android
Inline CSS for Gmail compatibility
<div style="background-color: #6d28d9; padding: 32px;">
<h1 style="color: #fff; font-size: 24px;
font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0;">
Hello
</h1>
</div>Show the original
<style>
.header { background-color: #6d28d9; padding: 32px; }
.title { color: #fff; font-size: 24px; }
</style>
<div class="header">
<h1 class="title">Hello</h1>
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What Gmail Android does with <style>
caniemail record, tested upstream 27 Jul 2023
- Partial. Not supported inside the
<body>. - Partial. Not supported with non Google accounts.
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Questions
- How many email clients support <style>?
- It works in 16 of 21, partial in 5.
- What do I use instead of <style> in Gmail Android?
- Inline CSS for Gmail compatibility.
- Does <style> work in Gmail iOS?
- <style> is partly supported in Gmail iOS. Closest to Gmail Android: Gmail iOS, which agrees on 273 of the 300 features both are tested on.
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caniemail (MIT) via @emailens/engine 0.18.22 · tested upstream 27 Jul 2023 · data last changed 10 Nov 2026 · Outlook (New) cells are the engine's mapping