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Inbox by Gmail iOS app now has full iPad version, still requires invite at present

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Inbox by Gmail, which Google appears to view as a replacement for the popular email client Sparrow, has been very quietly updated, notes TechCrunch, to include a native build for iPad. The app is currently only available in some countries (including the U.S.), and neither the App Store description nor What’s New entry mention the iPad build.

The app, which our hands-on last October described as “a marriage between Gmail and Google Now,” has tended to polarise views, some loving it, others hating it–with very few falling between the two … 

No new functionality has been added, and you still need an invite to use the app–which you can apply for here. The app itself is a free download from iTunes.

It’s believed that the Inbox app has been largely developed by the Sparrow team Google acquired back in 2012. Google removed both the iOS and Mac versions of the Sparrow email client a few days ago.

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  1. Inaba-kun (@Inaba_kun) - 9 years ago

    It’s still really buggy and rough round the edges, which is probably why it’s still invite only. Still, nice that it’s progressing, as for GMail users the stock GMail app has never been up to much, and the standard Apple Mail app isn’t very GMail friendly.

  2. Rudy Katt - 9 years ago

    Have they added signatures yet…

  3. macxpress - 9 years ago

    I wouldn’t touch anything with Google’s name on it with a 100ft pole….Mail in iOS works just fine for me.

  4. rogifan - 9 years ago

    Wait, is that screen shot iOS? Looks like Android to me.

  5. standardpull - 9 years ago

    Inbox for Gmail is really amazing.

    With Inbox by Google, your private, haphazardly-managed email data becomes a valuable collection of information about you. Protected by trade secrets, unbonded employees, and a strongly-worded, nebulous, and unenforceable privacy statement, you can rest assured that Google hides many details of how their business really works that you will never worry!!!

    Google: Collecting and selling all of your private information since 1998.

  6. mail address from google apps still not supported

  7. zorn85 - 9 years ago

    It looks like they fixed the bug where it would crash instantly if you tried to attach a picture to a reply, so at least that’s some progress.

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