The tabs serve as a way to group messages into categories, such as social media, promotions, and updates. For example, emails about your Facebook friends are stored under the Social tab, while marketing emails about upcoming sales go to ‘promotions’. While Google uses filtering algorithms to automatically sort email, users can also fine-tune categories by forcing messages from specific senders to a specific tab.
Gmail is getting a whole new inbox that puts you back in control. ..
The new Gmail interface is coming to Google’s own apps for Android and iOS. Instead of tabs at the top of the screen, mobile users can access their categories via a swipe menu. This makes it easier to find what you’re looking for, and it makes it easier to stay organized.
Some people may not like the changes to Gmail, and may prefer the traditional look and functionality. Google is promising to keep a “classic view” switch available in Gmail’s settings, which will allow any user to revert to traditional style. However, it is not clear whether the classic view will be available in the updated mobile apps or if it is limited to desktop webmail users.
Google is rolling out a new Gmail interface that will be available “in the coming weeks.” If you can’t wait, you can try out the new look before it becomes generally available by choosing Configure Inbox from your Gmail gear menu. This “pre-release” is not available at the time of this article, but should come online in the next few days. ..
