- Google has announced a new AI Inbox feature that will organize important emails from your Gmail inbox into handy to-do lists.
- AI Inbox will prioritize emails from VIPs, such as those you email frequently or people in your Contacts.
- In addition to heads-up for important events, the feature will also offer summaries based on different conversations about a related topic.
For more than a decade, Gmail has automatically sorted your emails in different categories, using labels such as Primary, Social, Promotions, etc. The method has been effective, but given the bloated influx of emails, both spammy and useful, Google has determined it needs to step up. This is why it is piloting a new mechanism that not only sorts and prioritizes your important emails but also provides a summary of what’s important, so you stay on top. And as you’d expect, it is powered by Gemini.
Google is calling this new Gmail experience “AI Inbox,” perhaps because it is built on the same productivity-focused ethos as the now-entombed Google Inbox. It says AI Inbox is identical to being briefed by a personal assistant for your most important commitments and getting them to organize emails in a sort of to-do list.