Inbox by Gmail early adopter program
Not available for Google Apps for Education or Google Apps for Government
Inbox is a tool from the Gmail team designed to give you a new way to stay organized with the many, many emails you now receive. Learn more about Inbox by Gmail.
Right now Inbox is available to Google Apps for Work customers through an early adopter program. Any Google Apps for Work customer who wants to join can enable Inbox from the Admin console.
To enable Inbox by Gmail:
As the domain administrator, you can choose to participate in the early adopter program by enabling Inbox for your domain or for specific organizational units.
- Sign in to the Google Admin console.
- From the dashboard, go to Apps > Google Apps > Gmail > Advanced settings.
- On the General Settings tab, Scroll down the page to End User Settings > Inbox by Gmail.
- Read the important notes for enabling Inbox by Gmail. You should read and understand these points before you take the next steps.
- Check the boxes in the Inbox by Gmail section.
- Click Save Changes.
To access and use Inbox:
NOTE: You must install the mobile app and login to Inbox by Gmail before using inbox.google.com in your browser.
- Download one of the mobile apps:
- Use your account to sign into the Inbox by Gmail app.
- After you sign in and use the mobile app, you can access Inbox by Gmail at inbox.google.com
FAQ:
Can individuals from my organization access Inbox?After you enable Inbox from the admin console, anyone from your organization who installs and uses the mobile app can access Inbox.
The Gmail team built Inbox to give you a new way to stay organized. Gmail and Inbox stay in sync so what you do in one app carries over to the other, including drafts of messages and your contacts. If you snooze a message from Inbox, it will snooze in Gmail and return to both places at the same time. However, some features like pins and reminders are only a part of Inbox and won’t be seen in Gmail.
Yes. After they sign up for Inbox by Gmail, your users will have access to both, and they can use either Inbox by Gmail or Gmail based on their preference. They do not have to choose one or the other.
No, after you enable Inbox, it will remain available for any users in your organization or the specific organization unit where Inbox was enabled.
Vault fully supports Inbox by Gmail with the following exceptions:
- Label-based retention—Bundles in Inbox work a little bit differently than labels in Gmail. In contrast to when a user applies a label in Gmail, if a user moves a thread to an ungrouped bundle, the thread will be moved to the bundle and removed from the inbox (just like the Move button works in Gmail). Keep this in mind if you have retention policies based on label:inbox.
- Reminders and Snooze—These Inbox features are currently not supported by Vault.