Inbox by Gmail

Inbox-by-Gmail

Inbox by Gmail:

Inbox by Gmail requires an invite. Email inbox@google.com to request one.

Your email inbox should help you live and work better, but instead it often buries the important stuff and creates more stress than it relieves. Inbox, built by the Gmail team, keeps things organized and helps you get back to what matters.

  • BUNDLES – Similar messages are bundled together so you can deal with them all at once. And get rid of them with one tap.
  • HIGHLIGHTS – Get the most important information without even opening the message. Check-in for flights, see shipping information for purchases, and view photos from friends right up front.
  • REMINDERS: More than mail, you can add Reminders so your inbox contains all the things you need to get back to.
  • SNOOZE: Snooze emails and Reminders to come back when you are ready to deal with them: next week, when you get home, or whenever you choose.
  • SEARCH: Inbox helps you find exactly what you’re looking for— from your upcoming flight to a friend’s address— without having to dig through messages.
  • WORKS WITH GMAIL: Inbox is built by the Gmail team, so all your messages from Gmail are here, along with the reliability and spam protection of Gmail. All of your messages are still in Gmail and always will be.

Inbox by Gmail is available for Android and iOS.

Yes, it is working with Gmail only and currently requires an invite.

Requesting Invitation for Google Inbox

I am really intrigued by Google’s attempt to redefine what email is. At the same time I am curious what Google get from out of this. I use Google Apps for my email services and Google Domains for my personal domain. Haven’t I even Google enough pieces of myself?

By the way, I have a few Google Domains invite left.

iOS 8.1: Text Message Forwarding

One new feature in iOS 8.1 is: Text Message Forwarding
Any text messages sent to a phone number on an iPhone will be forwarded to other iOS devices using the same Apple ID.

Go to: Settings > Messages
Enable Test Message Forwarding for other iOS devices. They have to be logged in to iCloud using the same Apple ID with the iPhone.

One thing I noticed is that at this point I cannot forward text messages to other (service-less) iPhones.

iOS 8.1: Text Message Forwarding

iOS 8: Wi-Fi Calls or iPhone Cellular Calls

iOS 8 brings two features that are mutually exclusive: Wi-Fi Calls and iPhone Cellular Calls.

Wi-Fi calling will be turned off to allow other devices to make and receive calls through your iPhone.

iPhone Cellular Calls or Wi-Fi Calling

Wi-Fi Calls is currently enabled on carriers that support the feature, such as T-Mobile USA.

T-Mobile Wi-Fi Calls e911 Address

iOS 8 also enables Cellular Calls handoff to OS X Yosemite and other iOS 8 devices.

Apple Seeds iOS 8.1 beta 2

Apple seeds iOS 8.1 beta 2 build 12B407 to developers on Tuesday, October 7, 2014; eight days after the first iOS 8.1 beta.

iOS 8.1 beta 2

Chatters within Apple suggest that iOS 8.1 is slated for release along with OS X Yosemite.