Notion, as my colleagues at TechCrunch scooped earlier Thursday, is saying an electronic mail shopper at its first “Make with Notion” consumer convention. For now, Notion Mail is in preview, and at the least in the intervening time, it’s extra of a Gmail shopper than a standard electronic mail service. The concept right here, Notion says, is to construct an electronic 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 any case, comes just a few months after the corporate launched its Calendar product. Notion Calendar, it’s price noting, was the product of an acquisition, with the corporate shopping for calendar app Cron in 2022.
Equally, Notion just lately acquired Skiff, a security-centric platform that additionally included an end-to-end encrypted electronic 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 high of thoughts for Notion as effectively) however an integration with Notion AI.
There appear to be two components to the AI integration right here: mechanically organizing your emails through the use of an AI immediate as a form of sensible 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 effectively that works in apply stays to be seen.
One good function Notion Mail will provide that I typically want Gmail would is that it doesn’t simply permit for utilizing completely different filters, but in addition lets you prioritize emails inside these filtered views. Gmail, then again, solely affords the “priority inbox” view in the primary inbox, however whenever you drill all the way down to any of its default classes like boards, updates, or social, your solely possibility is a reverse timeline view.
One other integration price highlighting is with Notion Calendar. Customers will have the ability to add a scheduling button to their emails that hyperlinks them proper to their calendars and availability.
Along with Mail, Notion can be launching numerous different new options. These embody Notion Varieties, which lets customers design types and gather info, with Notion because the database backing it, in addition to the flexibility to extra simply customise layouts in Notion to raised swimsuit a consumer’s desire for how you can show duties, notes, docs, and extra.
Notion can be launching some improved automation options, together with the flexibility to attach Notion and Gmail to, for instance, notify folks by way of Gmail. And, to spherical all of this out, Notion has updates it Market with a redesigned net expertise.
