diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.css b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.css
index 2babd40d..a28bf1c1 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.css
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/App.css
@@ -166,8 +166,8 @@
   padding: 0 12px;
   border: none;
   border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f3f4;
-  background: #fff;
-  color: #202124;
+  background: #f6f8fc;
+  color: #5f6368;
   text-align: left;
   cursor: pointer;
   font-family: inherit;
@@ -179,6 +179,16 @@
   background: #f2f6fc;
 }
 
+.gmail-row-unread {
+  background: #fff;
+  color: #202124;
+}
+
+.gmail-row-unread:hover,
+.gmail-row-unread.gmail-row-selected {
+  background: #f2f6fc;
+}
+
 .gmail-row-check {
   width: 14px;
   height: 14px;
@@ -195,6 +205,12 @@
 .gmail-row-content strong,
 .gmail-row-date {
   font-size: 13px;
+  font-weight: 400;
+}
+
+.gmail-row-unread .gmail-row-sender,
+.gmail-row-unread .gmail-row-content strong,
+.gmail-row-unread .gmail-row-date {
   font-weight: 700;
 }
 
@@ -216,6 +232,10 @@
 
 .gmail-row-content strong {
   flex-shrink: 0;
+  color: inherit;
+}
+
+.gmail-row-unread .gmail-row-content strong {
   color: #202124;
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
index 9c4fee0d..4854f4eb 100644
--- a/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/x/apps/renderer/src/components/email-view.tsx
@@ -430,11 +430,12 @@ export function EmailView() {
               {filteredThreads.map((thread) => {
                 const latest = latestMessage(thread)
                 const isSelected = thread.threadId === selectedThread.threadId
+                const isUnread = thread.unread === true
                 return (
                   <button
                     key={thread.threadId}
                     type="button"
-                    className={cn('gmail-row', isSelected && 'gmail-row-selected')}
+                    className={cn('gmail-row', isSelected && 'gmail-row-selected', isUnread && 'gmail-row-unread')}
                     onClick={() => setSelectedThreadId(thread.threadId)}
                   >
                     <span className="gmail-row-check" />
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
index ef25ece4..35d2ce73 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/core/src/knowledge/sync_gmail.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export interface GmailThreadSnapshot {
     date?: string;
     latest_email?: string;
     past_summary?: string;
+    unread?: boolean;
     messages: Array<{
         id?: string;
         from?: string;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ export interface GmailThreadSnapshot {
         subject?: string;
         body?: string;
         bodyHtml?: string;
+        unread?: boolean;
     }>;
 }
 
@@ -239,6 +241,7 @@ export async function fetchThreadSnapshot(threadId: string): Promise<GmailThread
             subject: headerValue(headers, 'Subject') || '(No Subject)',
             body,
             bodyHtml,
+            unread: msg.labelIds?.includes('UNREAD') ?? false,
         };
     }));
 
@@ -262,6 +265,7 @@ export async function fetchThreadSnapshot(threadId: string): Promise<GmailThread
         date: latest.date,
         latest_email: latest.body,
         past_summary: earlierSummary || undefined,
+        unread: parsed.some((m) => m.unread),
         messages: parsed,
     };
 }
diff --git a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/blocks.ts b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/blocks.ts
index d4f2dd6a..7bf1173d 100644
--- a/apps/x/packages/shared/src/blocks.ts
+++ b/apps/x/packages/shared/src/blocks.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export const GmailThreadMessageSchema = z.object({
   subject: z.string().optional(),
   body: z.string().optional(),
   bodyHtml: z.string().optional(),
+  unread: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
 export type GmailThreadMessage = z.infer<typeof GmailThreadMessageSchema>;
@@ -118,6 +119,7 @@ export type GmailThreadMessage = z.infer<typeof GmailThreadMessageSchema>;
 export const GmailThreadSchema = EmailBlockSchema.extend({
   threadId: z.string(),
   threadUrl: z.string().url(),
+  unread: z.boolean().optional(),
   messages: z.array(GmailThreadMessageSchema),
 });