Thursday, April 04, 2019

Alternatives to Google's Inbox

Google is notorious for killing off products and this week was no exception, with the demise of Google+ (at least for non-GSuite users) and Inbox.

A lot of people are upset about losing Inbox, because it had many features for managing email that Gmail lacks. I haven't used it myself, so I can't comment on it in detail, but I think I've seen more complaints about losing Inbox than any other Google product since Google Reader.

For those of you missing Inbox, Wired has collected some alternatives. Out of what they've recommended, the most comprehensive and closest to Inbox seems to be Spark, which is available for both IOS and Android.
Spark has over a million Apple users, and it launched on Android on Tuesday, just in time to pass Inbox on its way out the door. At this point, admittedly, the feature sets are going to start sounding a little bit redundant. Spark has the same email scheduling, prioritizing, snoozing, and customizing you’ll find from other premium offerings. But it has the twin advantages of also being free and offering a unique focus on collaborative use cases.
If you want to see what it looks like, check out episode 414 of the All About Android, starting at one hour and 26 mintues into the podcasts

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