Gmail and Google Inbox: which one is right for you? 1

Gmail and Google Inbox: which one is right for you?

official announcement Google Inbox operated last month, caused a certain enthusiasm among users of Androinauts and Mountain View services. The latter, both clever and innovative, has managed to make the daunting process of reading emails fun, engaging and above all comfortable, as messages are now displayed based on relevance and classified into different categories.

for all this A reason to quit Gmail Which one has gone through a major graphics overhaul and now accepts third-party email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, Exchange, etc.)? It all depends on your needs and expectations.

  • To read : How to get a Google Inbox invitation?

Categories and Tags

One of both Gmail 5.0 it brings a certain refresh to your inbox, it doesn’t revolutionize the user experience like Inbox does. If the former requires some effort to organize your messages despite the presence of tags, the latter does all the work for you.

Gmail and Google Inbox

An intuitive organization

Messages are sorted directly into folders corresponding to different categories as soon as they arrive, allowing you to read them before you have to search for what matters most. The content is visible even before you open the email (see above), so browsing becomes faster as you no longer waste time reviewing individual messages.

Gmail and Google Inbox

Google Inbox, email client or personal assistant?

Google Inbox goes beyond its primary function as an email client to become a true personal assistant, as it syncs with Google Assistant, manages your reminders, and even uses auto-complete (or rather, auto-suggest!) when entering reminders. A letter is pinned to the top of your inbox after Reminders are saved.

Google Inbox

  • To read : Our Google Inbox test

Gmail 5.0, the long-awaited revival

Not content with meeting the restraint and ergonomics of Material Design, Gmail 5.0 finally manages third-party accounts. In other words, if you use your Hotmail or Yahoo address, you must admit that you can take advantage of Google’s functions that are much more extensive than what our smartphones’ native mail apps can offer.

Obviously, if you want to always have a clean inbox, you will have to go through the deletion of messages, even if archiving is also an alternative to permanent deletion, whereas in Inbox this is almost automatic.

Google Inbox and Gmail

  • To read : The new Gmail 5.0 under Material Design

Which one to choose?

While Google Inbox is great for getting to the basics, it still lacks the productivity of Gmail and its intuitive nature may not be suitable for all uses. If you don’t want to waste time reading and organizing your emails, Google’s new inbox is for you, but that doesn’t automatically mean you should skip Gmail.

Fortunately, it’s always possible to juggle between the two. Moreover, no one knows yet how Inbox will evolve. We appreciate it for being fun for now, but who’s to say it won’t completely replace Gmail with updates and new features in a while?

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