2016 – 2019retired
Android Nougat
“It split your screen, tamed your notifications, and never asked for thanks”
“It snoozed our emails but could not snooze its own end.”
Inbox by Gmail was Google's bold reimagining of email, launched to the public on May 28, 2015 after a limited invitation-only debut. Bundles gathered emails by topic, highlights surfaced key details, and snooze let you decide when information reappeared. Reviewers called it 'minimalist and lovely' and even 'a lot like the future of email'.
Fans also got undo send, Smart Reply, calendar integration, and Save to Inbox — features that felt genuinely ahead of their time. But Google shut it down on April 2, 2019, ending a service that was still earning praise. Its best ideas lived on, quietly folded back into Gmail.
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“It split your screen, tamed your notifications, and never asked for thanks”
“It dreamed big, but the rest of us never quite put our phones in it.”
“It linked everything to everything, except people to people. Rest well, +1.”