Embarrassed by that old Gmail username you have? You can now change it

There may be few things more embarrassing than having to recite the email address you created more than a decade ago that no longer fits your personality. Maybe it matched your equally cringy MySpace name, like "furbyfan93" or "bigdog88" – you get the idea.

If you're ready to shed that username, but don't want to create a new account, Google's latest update is for you.

Google had been testing a feature that would allow users to change their usernames, which appear before "@gmail.com," and announced on Tuesday that the feature is now available in the U.S...