What's a good replacement for Google Inbox on Android?
February 9, 2019 10:07 AM
Google Inbox is going away :(((((( Do you have any good suggestions for an Android-compatible replacement that also supports bundling messages by label? (I have terrible piles of email, and looking at all of it at once without some kind of pre-sorting and filtering is intensely stressful. Directly filing to directories is a good way to ensure that mail doesn’t get read.) A program that doesn’t bundle mail might be acceptable if you have a good alternate workflow for dealing with sorting email. BONUS POINTS for programs that supports providers other than Google.
My experience with GMail is that it is happy to bundle things based on Google's predefined categories, e.g. "Social" Google's categories aren't very good, though. What i would like to do is bundle things based on labels that I define (e.g. "family", "metafilter") and feed data to via filters. Gmail lets you define the labels and filters, but not the bundling.
posted by Going To Maine at 12:26 PM on February 9, 2019
posted by Going To Maine at 12:26 PM on February 9, 2019
I'm with you on this -- bundles were one of the best things about Inbox, and the one thing I really miss now that I've (reluctantly) switched back to Gmail. That said, Google has specifically said that they'll bring bundles to Gmail, although they haven't released a timeline. In the meanwhile... In the meanwhile I don't think there are any good hacks besides utilizing tabs and categories, as bergnotburg suggests, and which is honestly both a paltry and disappointing replacement and the best you're going to get.
Hi bergnotburg! Signed, fellow -berg, not -burg.
posted by tapir-whorf at 12:55 PM on February 9, 2019
Hi bergnotburg! Signed, fellow -berg, not -burg.
posted by tapir-whorf at 12:55 PM on February 9, 2019
Protonmail does this, and what's more, doesn't disappear them from your main inbox.
posted by Sheydem-tants at 1:49 PM on February 9, 2019
posted by Sheydem-tants at 1:49 PM on February 9, 2019
I am probably mistaken as I am not a email nerd. But I thought it was Google+ that was going to be deleted April 2nd. Regular google still works with Gmail. Ignore this if I am totally mistaken.
posted by JayRwv at 6:41 PM on February 9, 2019
posted by JayRwv at 6:41 PM on February 9, 2019
But I thought it was Google+ that was going to be deleted April 2nd.
Both will be deleted :(
posted by Going To Maine at 8:27 PM on February 10, 2019
Both will be deleted :(
posted by Going To Maine at 8:27 PM on February 10, 2019
For those finally making themselves do the transition here in the waning days of Inbox (like me) - has anyone come across an app that integrates snoozable reminders/tasks in your inbox like Google Inbox did? That was my number one feature, but I can't find any other client that does it.
posted by spenser at 10:42 PM on March 12, 2019
posted by spenser at 10:42 PM on March 12, 2019
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"By default, categories and tabs in Gmail are organized similarly to the default bundles in Inbox" from https://support.google.com/inbox/answer/9117840
posted by bergnotburg at 11:11 AM on February 9, 2019