Official Gmail Blog: Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today

Official Gmail Blog: Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today

Smartbox by Inbox: the mailbox of tomorrow, today

Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2015

Posted by Merrill Anovick, Project Manager

Mail is a wondrous thing. From the early days of the homing pigeon to the herculean efforts of the Pony Express, mail has connected us for generations. The advent of email brought the world even closer together. And yet, despite this leap forward, physical mail still just sits there. In a box. All day.

So today we’re excited to introduce Smartbox—a better, smarter mailbox that fuses physical mail with everything you love about the electronic kind:

Smartbox is currently in field trial—stuck in the ground, in a field—for Inbox by Gmail customers. If you’re not yet using Inbox, simply email inbox@google.com anytime before April 2 to be invited, and to reserve your spot on the Smartbox waitlist.