You can only get in by requesting an invitation

Nov 4, 2014 11:16 GMT  ·  By

It’s been less than two weeks and the new Inbox email application launched by Google already has lots of users. Although those who want in have to request an invitation from Google and wait for it to arrive, developers have been pretty generous with these invites.

We’ve been lucky enough to get an invitation, so those anxiously waiting to get into the Inbox by Gmail for Android and have yet to be invited by Google can check out some of the screenshots we’ve taken during our use of the application.

As we mentioned in our previous report on Inbox, the email application developed by Google is a slightly complex version of the stock Gmail app that comes included in the Android operating system.

Besides the folder that each and every Gmail user can create within the app to better organize emails, Google also added new ones, called “Bundles.” In addition, each email that you receive can be snoozed for later read or you can snooze an email with a reminder to do something at a certain hour.

You can also set reminders directly from within the Inbox application or you can pin certain emails that you think are important enough to show up in front each time you want to read them again.

You can pin the most important messages at the front

Google included a small toggle that can be set to display only the pinned messages, so each time you want to check them out again you only need to swipe it to the right.

The floating red circle to the bottom right of the application with a “+” sign in the middle is a very useful tool that allows you to quickly write an email to one or more contacts that you exchanged messages recently. When you tap the circle, you can also make a reminder or send feedback to the developer.

The pre-defined categories inside Inbox are meant to better filter the messages you receive, but also to give you first-hand access to the information you’re interested in. Each bundle allows you to check for certain info like flights or shipping details.

Each email in the Inbox section can be archived or snoozed by swiping it to the right or left. Obviously, there’s also a Search function included, which allows you to find any email that you might have received in the past.

Inbox app may have become obsolete with the recent release of Gmail 5.0

However, we do think that, with the release of Gmail 5.0 for Android, Inbox by Gmail might soon become obsolete even before it exits the invite-only system.

What do you think about Google’s multiple email apps that have been released in the last couple of weeks?

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