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Google’s Inbox iOS app now open to all, updated w/ new features

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After first launching its new Inbox app as an alternative email experience to its main Gmail service last year, Google today announced that Inbox is now open to all sans the original invite system while it also introduces a number of new features for the service.

As for features, Google highlighted a new “Trip Bundles” feature that keeps emails related to travel in one place, and improved controls for things like Undo Send, Signatures, and Swipe to Delete:

  • –With Undo Send—now for the first time on your phone—you can take back an email right after sending in case you spotted a mistake, or have second thoughts
  • –If you’d rather get rid of messages, you can make ‘Delete’ the default swiping action
  • –If you want to personalize your sent messages, you can now add a custom signature

Other new features in the update: Inbox will now show reminders you’ve created in Google’s Keep app, as well as getting suggestions to create reminders when someone emails you regarding a task with a to-do. You’ll also be able to hop right into the HotelTonight and Eat24 apps from emails for reservations and orders.

In addition to everyone now being able to freely download the app, Google also noted it’s “expanding the Inbox early adopter program so any Google Apps for Work customer who wants to join can do so.”

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Comments

  1. But Jordan, where is the swipe to delete option? I can’t find it anywhere!

  2. Kenold Beauplan - 9 years ago

    Can’t find the Swipe to Delete option anywhere

  3. Doesn’t support Gmail aliases, so useless for me.

  4. staywhatyouare2 - 9 years ago

    i currently have 3 email addresses that are linked through gmail. 2 are personal and one is for work. In Inbox you have to look at each inbox individually. Does anyone know a way to see them at once? I currently use “Mailbox” since I can view them all at once, but like they layout of “Inbox” more.

  5. David Wiggins - 9 years ago

    There is a signature in my Google Gmail and I have a signature set up in my iOS general mail settings, but I can’t seem to find where to add my custom signature in the Google Inbox app. Thanks for any help.

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Avatar for Jordan Kahn Jordan Kahn

Jordan writes about all things Apple as Senior Editor of 9to5Mac, & contributes to 9to5Google, 9to5Toys, & Electrek.co. He also co-authors 9to5Mac’s Logic Pros series.