Notion, as my colleagues at TechCrunch scooped earlier Thursday, is saying an e mail shopper at its first “Make with Notion” person convention. For now, Notion Mail is in preview, and not less than in the meanwhile, it’s extra of a Gmail shopper than a conventional e mail service. The thought right here, Notion says, is to construct an e mail expertise that enables customers “to ditch the old ways of a rigid inbox and embrace a new way: where email works for you and your workflows.”
When precisely Notion Mail will launch, although, continues to be a query mark. The corporate is simply committing to “soon” at this level, however there’s a waitlist for getting early entry.
With including Mail, Notion (which says it now has over 100 million customers) continues on its path to providing a extra totally featured suite of productiveness choices. The launch of Notion Mail, in spite of everything, comes only some months after the corporate launched its Calendar product. Notion Calendar, it’s value noting, was the product of an acquisition, with the corporate shopping for calendar app Cron in 2022.
Equally, Notion lately acquired Skiff, a security-centric platform that additionally included an end-to-end encrypted e mail service. It doesn’t come as a shock, then, that Notion Mail is taking some design cues from Skiff, however the firm’s focus right here isn’t a lot on safety (although I’m certain that’s prime of thoughts for Notion as nicely) however an integration with Notion AI.
There appear to be two components to the AI integration right here: robotically organizing your emails by utilizing an AI immediate as a type of good filtering mechanism, in addition to the flexibility to let “Notion AI handle the tedious back-and-forth such as scheduling and follow-ups,” the corporate mentioned. How nicely that works in follow stays to be seen.
One good characteristic Notion Mail will provide that I typically want Gmail would is that it doesn’t simply enable for utilizing completely different filters, but in addition permits you to prioritize emails within these filtered views. Gmail, alternatively, solely gives the “priority inbox” view in the principle inbox, however whenever you drill all the way down to any of its default classes like boards, updates, or social, your solely choice is a reverse timeline view.
One other integration value highlighting is with Notion Calendar. Customers will be capable to add a scheduling button to their emails that hyperlinks them proper to their calendars and availability.
Along with Mail, Notion can also be launching plenty of different new options. These embody Notion Types, which lets customers design varieties and acquire data, with Notion because the database backing it, in addition to the flexibility to extra simply customise layouts in Notion to higher swimsuit a person’s choice for find out how to show duties, notes, docs, and extra.
Notion can also be launching some improved automation options, together with the flexibility to attach Notion and Gmail to, for instance, notify individuals by way of Gmail. And, to spherical all of this out, Notion has updates it Market with a redesigned internet expertise.
