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Google - October 22, 2014
Posted by Sundar Pichai
SVP, Android, Chrome & Apps at Google
Today, we’re introducing something new. It’s called
Inbox.
Years in the making, Inbox is by the same people who brought you Gmail, but it’s not Gmail: it’s a completely different type of inbox, designed to focus on what really matters.
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Email started simply as a way to send digital notes around the office.
But fast-forward 30 years and with just the phone in your pocket, you can use email to contact virtually anyone in the world…from your best friend to the owner of that bagel shop you discovered last week.
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With this evolution comes new challenges: we get more email now than ever, important information is buried inside messages, and our most important tasks can slip through the cracks - especially when we’re working on our phones.
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For many of us, dealing with email has become a daily chore that distracts from what we really need to do - rather than helping us get those things done.
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If this all sounds familiar, then Inbox is for you.
Or more accurately, Inbox works for you.
Here are some of the ways Inbox is at your service:
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Bundles: stay organized automatically
Inbox expands upon the categories we introduced in Gmail last year, making it easy to deal with similar types of mail all at once.
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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.
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Highlights: the important info at a glance
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.
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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.
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Reminders, Assists, and Snooze: your to-do’s on your own terms
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.
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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 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.
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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.
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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.
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You can set them to come back at another time or when you get to a specific location, like your home or your office.
Get started with Inbox
Starting today, we’re sending out the first round of invitations to give Inbox a try, and each new user will be able to invite their friends.
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.
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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.
Posted by Sundar Pichai, SVP, Android, Chrome & Apps at Google
Video
The Inbox that works for you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzNTjpUMOp4
Cross-posted from the Official Gmail Blog
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2014/
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