How can I get the recipient’s Gmail iOS app to show my Google account’s avatar?

Question

When I added my avatar to:

https://aboutme.google.com/u/2/

it started showing up on mail.google.com. When I signed up for Google+, it started showing up on inbox.google.com. But in the Gmail iOS app, it shows up as a solid-color circle with the first letter of my email address.

how long did you wait? these things can take time to populate. — JBallin, Feb 20 '18 at 19:28
Solved! Inbox started working immediately, but gmail ios started working the next day. — Loren, Feb 21 '18 at 08:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '18 at 17:18

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Many sites have a delay when loading new profile images. Be sure to give it at least 48 hours to populate.

answered Feb 21 '18 at 17:18

JBallin

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 20 '18 at 12:28

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I just checked with my two accounts in Gmail on iOS. As a quick workaround: ask this person to add you to the Contact list and manually add the avatar in Google Contacts.

answered Feb 20 '18 at 12:28

Al Dyniovska

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How can I get the recipient’s Gmail iOS app to show my Google account’s avatar?

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