Google “Inbox” is Shutting Down, All Its Features to Come to Gmail

Sep. 13, 2018

Inbox, the testing field of Google for experimenting with new features for its email service, is finally going to sunset in March next year. The Inbox app, which was launched around 4 years ago, was a sister email service which co-existed with Gmail and served as the experimental platform on which Google tested a host of new email innovations and features such as smart reply, snoozing, Nudges, reminders and a lot more.

Google has toldTheVergethat there are still a few Inbox-exclusive features, such as the ‘bundles’ functionality which groups similar emails into a single unit, that are yet to arrive on Gmail. Google mentioned that all those Inbox features will soon be migrated to Gmail, but the company did not reveal a specific timeline as to when that will happen. Also, the team behind Inbox will continue to be a member of Google’s Gmail team and will contribute to bringing newer features to Gmail in the foreseeable future.