Inbox by Gmail
- Cause of death
- Killed by a successor
- Made by
Google folded its best ideas into Gmail and retired the app that had them first.
Inbox was Google's attempt to rethink email around bundling, snoozing, and reminders, and it developed the kind of devoted following that a second product inside a company with a dominant first product is not allowed to keep. Google migrated the features it liked into Gmail and shut Inbox down on the same day it closed consumer Google+. Its users are still noticeably bitter about it.
Replaced by Gmail.
Standing in the archive
Rank 105 of 127 by lifespan. Inbox by Gmail outlasted 17% of everything else on file.
Cite this entry
"Inbox by Gmail." How Long It Lasted, https://www.howlongitlasted.com/thing/inbox-by-gmail.
Died nearby
- Chromecastabout 11 years · killed by a successor
- Google Daydream Viewabout 3 years · killed by indifference
- Google Glass (consumer edition)about a year · killed by scandal
- Google Podcastsabout 6 years · killed by a successor
- Google Reader7y 8m · killed by one executive
Sources
- Inbox by Gmail — Wikipedia (archived)
- Inbox is signing off: find your favorite features in the new Gmail — Google (archived)
Last checked by a human on 24 July 2026