After first impressions my favorite feature most definitely has to be the snooze function that the team have incorporate so effortlessly into the usual email architecture, adorable in equal measure to that snooze button that everyone enjoys when they just don't want to roll out of bed, the elegance by which one can either choose to be reminded at a future date or time or by geolocation is genius. Mirroring how Boomerang transformed sending emails, Inbox helps you manage rather then forget those emails that you don't want to see right now but want to see later.
Everything from, receiving that email from your energy company asking you to submit a meter reading in the middle of the day when you busy at work and miles away, to that dinner reservation that you just don't have time right now to follow up on, all become simpler, no more is there a need to set reminders in your diary, or write quick scruffy notes on post-its, all that is required is to put your email on ice, and have it thaw exactly when you want.
Along with the snooze and reminders functions, the team have conjured up interesting and new ways of sorting emails into groups (Bundles) in an attempt to economise on viewing and sorting mail. Although being very much an extension of its tab's email sorting function, mixed together with an elegant UI, and the ability to create custom groups, the user is put in the driving seat and given the ability to make the experience their own.
Initial Verdicts are nothing but praiseworthy - Great Move Google!
