While Inbox, the separate email app released by Gmail last October, is still in the invite-only stage (remember, that’s how Gmail started a long time ago?), the user base is steadily growing, with some eagerly waiting for their friends to let them in on all the email fun. Now the latest update to the app brings you better support for both Android Wear supported wearables as Android-run tablets.
While Inbox did support smartwatches that were running on the Android Wear platform before, there were some complaints that it wasn’t as effective or as user-friendly. So Google now promises that it is now more compatible with their platform for wearables. It is easier to view, respond, arrange and label incoming messages, from the convenience of your smartwatch. This might convince those who are more mobile to clamor for those elusive invites.
The update also brings a more optimized experience for tablet users. While before it just looked like an expanded version of the smartphone app, it has now been redesigned to maximize the bigger screen of Android tablets. It will supposedly be more user-friendly as well. The changelog also says that Inbox now has a better suggestion typing feature which will hopefully make them more accurate and a little bit faster too.
Some are still not convinced of the necessity for Gmail to have a separate email app when they’re perfectly content with the current native one, or even other more reliable email apps. But since this is still in its infancy stage, we have to adapt either an early adapter or wait and see point of view before we can say that it is a bust or that it will become our email app of choice. Google is rolling out the Inbox updates starting today, so just patiently wait (if you have it already) to see if this will make you love the app more.
