Gmail Connect puts your real inbox on the XENEON EDGE touchscreen, so you can read, reply, archive and compose without touching your main screen. You import the widget in iCUE, then sign in from your PC or with your phone.
Before you start
Install and sign in
Import the widget
In iCUE, go to XENEON EDGE → Widgets, press + and import the Gmail Connect .icuewidget file.
Place it on a screen area
Drag the widget onto a screen area of your EDGE. An L or XL slot suits it best, because the three panes need the width. It fits an S or M slot too, as a single column.
Sign in, from your PC or your phone
Google won't sign anyone in on a panel like the EDGE, so the approval happens in an ordinary browser. It can be the one on your PC or the one on your phone — there is nothing to type on the panel or in iCUE either way.
From your PC. Tap Open link on the pairing screen. The sign-in page opens in your PC's browser, already carrying the panel's code.
From your phone. Point your camera at the QR code on the panel and open the link.
If neither opens. Tap Copy link and paste it into any browser. Or type the short address shown on the panel, then enter the code printed under it — Copy code puts that code on your clipboard.
Then tap Sign in with Google and approve. The key comes back to the panel encrypted, and your inbox opens on its own.
Add a second mailbox
Repeat the sign-in with another account to add a second mailbox. The badge at the top of the rail switches between them.
What it can access
Gmail Connect asks for one Google permission, gmail.modify. That lets it read your messages, change their labels, and send mail you write in the widget. It can't see your contacts, your calendar or your Drive.
The key is encrypted with a secret that exists only on the EDGE's screen and in the browser you signed in with, so nothing in between can read it, not even QAEM. After you sign in, the widget talks to Google directly from your PC over HTTPS. Your mail never passes through a QAEM server, because there isn't one.
Good to know
- Dashboard page. An optional page, off by default. Turn it on in Settings → Look → Dashboard tab to see your mail as Unread, Starred, With attachments and Latest sections, each switchable on its own.
- New mail. The widget checks every 30 seconds, and a banner slides in with the sender and subject.
- Remote images are blocked by default, so senders don't learn that you opened their mail. You can turn them on in Settings.
- Links in a message are collected into a list under it. Tapping one shows the real host and asks you to confirm, then opens it in your PC's default browser.
- Attachments are view-only, and only images display. The EDGE has nowhere to save a file.
- Messages you send are plain text.
- Drafts aren't synced to Gmail. An unsent message is kept in the widget and restored after an iCUE reload, but it never becomes a Gmail draft.
Troubleshooting
The widget shows a new code after a restart
Cookies and storage may not survive a power cycle of the device, which is a limitation of the EDGE's web view. Sign in again with the new code — tap Open link, or scan the QR. Pairing takes a few seconds.
The key never reached the EDGE
Pairing needs the relay between the browser you signed in with and the panel to be reachable. If the key can't be handed over, the sign-in page shows a connection string to copy instead. Paste it into Gmail connection in iCUE's widget settings.
One of my mailboxes disappeared
If Google stops accepting a mailbox's key for good, the widget drops only that mailbox and carries on with the others. Sign in with that account again to add it back.