Google Inbox

Updated: July 31, 2023

Google Inbox was a popular email client developed by Google, designed to provide users with a more organized and streamlined email experience. Launched in 2014, it offered a fresh and intuitive user interface, focused on bundling similar emails together and automatically categorizing them into different folders, such as trips, purchases, and promotions. Inbox also featured smart reminders, allowing users to snooze emails and set reminders to deal with them at a later time. Despite its innovative features and positive reception from users, Google announced the discontinuation of Inbox in 2018, with the service officially shutting down in 2019. Many of the concepts and features introduced in Google Inbox, such as bundles and snoozing, were later integrated into the standard Gmail interface, ensuring that some of the convenience and efficiency of Inbox lives on in Gmail's continued development. Google Inbox was an organizer app that allowed to get things done and get back to what matters. Bundles keep emails organized.

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2016. Google Inbox now helps you track calendar events



Google is introducing an update to its Gmail-based application, Inbox. One of the notable new features is its ability to assist you in organizing events and the corresponding email conversations. This functionality is associated with Calendar invites, much like how trip bundles are generated based on hotel or flight bookings. According to Google, this feature utilizes the same technology that enables Inbox to consolidate hotel, flight, restaurant, and car reservations into a unified and shareable bundle.


2015. Google Inbox adds smart reminders and undo send option


Google Inbox, the mobile email client built on Gmail, is now available to all users and introduces several new features. The primary focus of these updates, aligned with the overall goal of Inbox, is to enhance user productivity and time management. A noteworthy addition is the Trip Bundles feature, which automatically consolidates all trip-related messages into a single bundle. This grants users quick access to essential information like flight details, hotel bookings, and rental car reservations. Another interesting enhancement revolves around reminders, a fundamental component of Inbox. Now, when Google detects a request for action in an email, Inbox will intelligently suggest setting a reminder to complete the task. This functionality is powered by the same technology Google employs for email categorization. Additional features encompass the ability to retract any sent email within the initial 10 seconds, the option to create custom email signatures that sync across devices, and the flexibility to switch Inbox's default swipe gesture from marking emails as done to deleting them.


2015. Google Inbox comes to iPad and Android tablets, Firefox and Safari



Google has released an iPad-optimized version of its innovative Gmail reader, Inbox, which was previously available only through invitation. The iPad-friendly build of Inbox aims to enhance the email experience on the popular tablet. Additionally, Google has made Inbox available for Android tablets. Furthermore, the web version of Google Inbox has expanded its browser support to include Firefox and Safari, in addition to the previously supported Chrome. Inbox offers a fresh approach to email management, incorporating elements from both Gmail and Google Now. This integration proves advantageous as Google Now's contextual insights contribute to a more intelligent Inbox, where reminders and emails are intelligently grouped into categories such as Purchased, Finance, Social, Low Priority, and Updates.


2014. Google unveiled its Email 2.0 service


Google has introduced a new email application called Inbox, designed to assist users in efficiently managing their messages by highlighting crucial information and offering increased control over their to-do lists. Currently, access to Inbox is limited to invite-only users. The primary concept behind this app is achieving an "inbox zero" state, where the inbox is free from the clutter typically accumulated in Gmail on a daily basis. Inbox incorporates helpful features such as Bundles, which organizes similar types of messages together, Highlights, which prioritizes important emails, and Reminders that serve as alerts for various tasks. Google envisions Inbox eventually replacing Gmail, although this transition is not expected to occur in the immediate future.