One of the most awaited updates to Gmail has finally happened: the ability to add multiple attachments to an email at once.

In what is a seemingly never ending series of updates to Gmail as of late, Google has announced that you can now attach multiple files at once to an email.  Up until now you had to select a file, click “Attach another file” and select another, doing this one file at a time.  Now you can browse your computer and select multiple files by holding down the CTRL key on Windows machines, or, if you’re on a Mac, you just hold down the Cmd key.  They also now will show you a progress bar for each file so you know that it is actually working as opposed to the old “Loading…” notice at the top of the screen which told you nothing of importance.

While we have seen lots of little tweaks to the system like choosing new colors or editing how the service looks in a tab, those have all been aesthetic changes.  This is one of the most useful changes yet, and one that has been needed for years.  Thank you, Google!