Google officially introduced their new application created by Gmail!
It's called Inbox, a completely different type of inbox, that keeps things organized, and designed to focus on what really matters.
Inbox features:
Bundles: Inbox expands upon the categories that was introduced in Gmail last year, making it easy to deal with similar types of mail all at once. For instance, all 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.
And for 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.
And if 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.
According to Alex Gawley, product director of Gmail (and now Inbox), he and his team wanted a "fresh start" that wasn't burdened by the 30 years of baggage that underlies email.
"The world has changed a lot since it was invented," he says, but more importantly it's changed a lot since Gmail itself came on the scene 10 years ago. So Inbox was designed "mobile first," to use that already tired term, and isn't yet available on tablets.
It's also a great showcase for Material Design, the new design language for Android Lollipop. Animations are fast and smooth, text is clean, and the menu bars are aggressively colored. Those design elements are a bit more muted on the iPhone version, but they're still present.
"We wanted these apps to feel like they're at home on every platform," says Jason Cornwell, lead designer for Gmail (and now for Inbox), "but they still should feel really coherent."
Google said, "When you start using Inbox, you'll quickly see that it doesn't feel the same as Gmail-and that's the point. Gmail's still there for you, but Inbox is something new. It's a better way to get back to what matters, and we can't wait to share it with you."
Inbox by Gmail will be available on iOS and Android.
If Inbox can't arrive soon enough for you, you can email us at inbox@google.com to get an invitation as soon as more become available.
