INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
With the launch of the new Gmail, the writing was on the wall, but today Google made it official: Inbox by Gmail, the company experimental
email client for Gmail, will shut down at the end of March 2019.
Google says it making this change to put its focus &solely on Gmail.&
While that makes sense, it a shame to see Inbox sail into the setting sun, given that it pioneered many of the features that have now become
part of the new Gmail.
I would have loved to see Google continue to experiment with Inbox instead
That, after all, was one of the reasons the company started the Inbox project to begin with
It hard to try radical experiments with a service that has a billion users, after all
Today, however, Google now seems to be willing to try new things right in Gmail, too
Smart Compose, for example, made its debut in the new Gmail (and many pundits correctly read that as a sign that Inbox was on the chopping
block).
While the new Gmail now has most of Inbox features, one that is sorely missing is trip bundles
This useful feature, which automatically groups all of your flight, hotel, event and car reservations into a single bundle, is one of Inbox
Our understanding is that Google plans to bring this to Gmail early next year — hopefully well before Inbox shuts down.
So there you have
Inbox for Gmail will shut down in six months, but I wouldn&t be surprised if Google resurrected the idea in a few years to try some other
Until then, here is Google guide to moving from Inbox to Gmail.
Google Smart Compose is now ready to write emails for G Suite users
