Overview Inbox, the new Google

Google the day before yesterday with great fanfare introduced a new service InboxWhich in the long run should be a substitute for Gmail. This morning, we finally got an invite to the new product "good Corporation" and are ready to share their impressions of him.

Overview

Applications for the e-mail have become very popular among developers a couple of years ago and this all started with the filing of Mailbox cmdlet, which presented the concept of an electronic box in the form of a list of tasks, where each letter can "execute", "postpone" or "Delete".

When you create Inbox Google largely inspired by precisely this email application. Mechanics work with letters very similar - you can also "perform", defer or delete them. One has only to compare the two applications, to understand how much they have in common.

If the letter is attached videos or photos, you can see them right in the "Inbox", without having to go directly into the letter itself.

However, it uses its own algorithm for submission of letters to Google. If all the letters are displayed "as is" in the Mailbox, that is,

each individual letter is individual task, the Inbox messages are grouped by categories, like in Gmail. For example, the letter sent to banks in the category "Finance", warning of social networks in the "Social Networks" and so on.

The Inbox is very much taken from Google Now. For example, if you receive a letter with information about air travel, the Inbox will show you the corresponding card with a number and flight status. Letters from the hotel accompanied by geo. As is the case with video and photos, they are displayed at once in the "Inbox". By the way many call Inbox «child Gmail and Google Now».

Google also introduced the Inbox individual reminders, which have nothing to do with the letters. Indeed, many have used Gmail as a full desktop organizer, and it will be useful for them.

As you can see, in the Inbox it is possible to set reminders for your tasks and letters not only in time but also in a place. This is very reminiscent of a similar feature in the standard "Reminder" on iOS and OS X.

Important emails can "nail" in a special section, in order not to lose information:

Our impressions

What can we say about Google Inbox? This service can not be called a purely "post", because its functionality is somewhat broader. Rather, it is the organizer, though with an emphasis on post component.

• Inbox liked the design. As well as the whole concept of Material Design;
• preview in the "Inbox" photos and cards a la Google Now - a good idea;
• avtogruppirovka letters - the usual thing. Thanks to it's use of Inbox does not get much more convenient or much worse;
• to work with a large number of letters - uncomfortable because on one screen can accommodate 3-4 letters, whereas in the same Gmail or Mailbox - 2 times more;
• Corporate accounts are not supported yet;
• reminders of the place - a very useful feature;
• Web version only works in the Chrome (minus), but it runs very smoothly (plus);
• in iOS-mail attachment can be applied only to photos and videos, documents from the cloud storage (even Google Drive) while it is impossible to add.

In general, a single opinion about Google Inbox can not be formulated. Firstly, it is not yet available to all users, it will be further developed. Secondly, Inbox is not exactly suitable for those who use tight-mail at work and receive large emails flows.

Inbox will appeal to those who use email for personal purposes. Share photos with friends (although it is not clear why, when there are instant messenger and social networks, but it is not the subject of this review, so I missed this time), travel a lot and receive an email notification, monitoring the discounts in shops and updates to forums.

The views of users and experts

What a cheap PR invitations, use themselves, enough MailBox and Mail. Then try to get into other boxes in order to collect even more of information for advertising.

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