New Delhi, April 3 -- Good news for people who regret the Gmail address they came up with when they registered for an account: Google is now letting users change it.

Google started quietly rolling out the change late last year in India and said this week in a blog post that it's now available for all Google Account users in the United States. There were no details on when it would be available to users in other countries.

Google's CEO suggested the update will be welcomed by people who want to keep their accounts but have outgrown the awkward, embarrassing or nonsensical Gmail handles they created after the service launched 22 years ago.

"2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn't need to be stuck in it," Sundar Pichai wrote ...