How to record directly from your Gmail thread

You can start your Loom recording directly from Gmail’s composer, creating a more efficient and effective way to get your message across via email. 

Here's how to do this:

1. From the Gmail composer, find the Loom icon in your toolbar. 

2. Select the Loom icon to reveal two options:

   1. Insert last recording: This will allow you to preview your last recorded video, then select to embed the animated preview into your email. 

   2. Record a new video: This will start the Loom Chrome Extension, from where you can record as normal, then once you're done, select the green tick to end.

3. Select Send.

Your video will process instantly within your Gmail browser. The magic here is that you won't need to leave Gmail and go to your Loom account to retrieve your video. 

This makes it much easier to bring Loom into your day-to-day email flow and reduces context-switching for more effective communication.