Images seem to be all the rage this week. Yesterday we reported that Twitter is now allowing images to be served through it’s direct messaging feature. Earlier today we reported that Instagram has added a new Instagram Direct feature, that also allows you to serve up images through direct messages.

Well one service that hasn’t, by default, allowed you to receive images is Gmail. Gmail has always been polite and asked if you wanted to see the images that come through in an email message, and then quickly decide if you always want to receive images in emails from that sender.

Well Google Product Manager, John Rae-Grant, took to the official Gmail Blog to explain that now images will display in emails, through Gmail, by default. Now you won’t see big blank spaces where images are supposed to go, and have to click the top of the message to see the images.

Rae-Grant explains that Gmail is now safer. Google will host all incoming images through their secure proxy server, making the images safe and secure for display in your Gmail messages.

“your messages are more safe and secure, your images are checked for known viruses or malware, and you’ll never have to press that pesky “display images below” link again. With this new change, your email will now be safer, faster and more beautiful than ever.” Rae-Grant said on the Gmail blog.

The feature is rolling out now via the desktop Gmail experience. Google plans to roll it out to mobile devices in early 2014.

No worries though, if you need to skip those pictures your mom sends every day of her dog, or if you’re trying to not get tracked by YesWare you can still change your personal setting to continue to ask you every time a message comes with images. If you don’t want to see the images you can go to your Gmail settings and find the “Ask before displaying external images” under the general tab in settings.