Welcome to Inbox by Google . It ’ s like a five-string Gmail with active pickups , a Leo Quan badass bridge , and every note is the brown note . Content-wise it is Gmail ; however , its presentation varies from your grandpa ’ s Gmail and is intended for forward thinkers like you . Have you ever missed an important email because it got lost amidst all of your Old Navy / Bulk Barn promos and loads of completely hilarious and useful forwards from that one family member ? Inbox automatically sorts and groups all promotional mail , social media
updates , financial updates , purchase confirmations , etc . together in groups and leaves your important email highlighted and exposed . You respond to the important emails that have response-awaiting humans and you deal with that other stuff when you ’ re waiting for the bus or sitting on the ... board of a local charity you believe in . It also consolidates your travel plans by trip location so there ’ s no more searching for flight or hotel information .
What about when you get an important email that requires your attention but you can ’ t respond immediately ? Snooze it ! Again , whenever the specified snooze time is up , Inbox will notify you that you have a “ new ” item . You respond when you ’ re ready but still in a timely manner and avoid getting labeled as one of those people that never responds or just getting ignored for the gig next time . You can also keep hitting that snooze button like a teenager / employed adult on a Monday . Sorta like how I constantly revisit that time Joe Dart responded to my email . # Vulfpeck . I receive music-related emails during the day and because I ’ m at my IT job , I ’ ll snooze them until lunchtime or after the kids ’ bedtime or simply for when I ’ m at home .
Which reminds me ( see what I did there ?), Inbox even has incredible location-based reminders that you can use in conjunction with Google Now . Yes , you may get strange looks talking out loud to your phone like it ’ s your personal assistant , but it ’ s worth it . “ Ok Google . Remind me to send setlist and charts to the band when I ’ m at home . Remind me to book my vacation for the jazz festival when I ’ m at work . Remind me to buy new bass at Long and McQuade .” Next time you step in that door , your phone will beep and remind you .
Do you have a task that you do daily ? You can create repeating reminders so that , at the same time every day , it notifies you to research online music sales opportunities or Google your own name or cycle through every radio station possible to see if your single is being played .
Hey , I bet you have more than one email address and
On top of its automatic sorting features , I absolutely could not live without Inbox ’ s snooze feature . You don ’ t always have the ability to deal with email requests immediately , right ? Well , anything in Inbox can be snoozed so that it pops up later as if it was new again . Amazing . You have several options here including snoozing to a later date / time or a specific address / location . Inbox lets your predefine your typical snooze times depending on your schedule .
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