Google Launches New Email App Inbox For Android and iOS Devices

By Vivek

| Published: Thursday, October 23, 2014, 14:58 [IST]

Google is expanding the email option for its users. The most important search engine giant has today launched a new mailing app called the Inbox. However, if you are thinking that it will replace Gmail, than you would be absolutely wrong.

Google says that the new Inbox mailing app would be an alternative app and wouldn't replace Gmail. The new app is already available for Android, iOS and the Web.

Google Launches New Email App Inbox For Android and iOS Devices

Talking about the feature, via a blogpost, Sundar Pichai has clearly mentioned them in detail. Take a look below:

Bundles

With Bundles feature, Inbox expands upon the categories, making it easy to deal with similar types of mail all at once. For example, all your purchase receipts or bank statements are neatly grouped together so that you can quickly review and then swipe them out of the way. You can even teach Inbox to adapt to the way you work by choosing which emails you'd like to see grouped together.

Highlights

Inbox highlights the key information from important messages, such as flight itineraries, event information, and photos and documents emailed to you by friends and family. Inbox will even display useful information from the web that wasn't in the original email, such as the real-time status of your flights and package deliveries. Highlights and Bundles work together to give you just the information you need at a glance.

Reminders, Assists, and Snooze

Inbox makes it easy to focus on your priorities by letting you add your own Reminders, from picking up the dry cleaning to giving your parents a call. No matter what you need to remember, your inbox becomes a centralized place to keep track of the things you need to get back to.

A sampling of Assists

And speaking of to-do's, Inbox helps you cross those off your list by providing Assists-handy pieces of information you may need to get the job done. For example, if you write a Reminder to call the hardware store, Inbox will supply the store's phone number and tell you if it's open. Assists work for your email, too. If you make a restaurant reservation online, Inbox adds a map to your confirmation email. Book a flight online, and Inbox gives a link to check-in.

Of course, not everything needs to be done right now. Whether you're in an inconvenient place or simply need to focus on something else first, Inbox lets you Snooze away emails and Reminders. You can set them to come back at another time or when you get to a specific location, like your home or your office.

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