Yahoo Mail is getting a new makeover. Last week, the company had announced that it was redesigning the app with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). It now offers new features like summarizing messages and helping users compose emails as well as letting them sort and categorize their emails. Apart from AI features, the app is also introducing a messaging-inspired interface and gamification tools to make the in-app experience more engaging. Currently, the new Yahoo Mail app is available for iOS in the US.
Yahoo Mail gets an AI-powered redesign
In a press release, Yahoo detailed the new capabilities of its new Mail app. The company said the new app focuses on helping users maintain their inbox volume and organize important messages. The company used AI and gamification tools to create this experience but did not disclose the AI models used to power the new features.
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Calling it AI-powered Inbox, Yahoo is now offering users AI-generated one-line email summaries. The summaries are shown in a preview window and are accompanied by proposed actions that include response suggestions. The company says that this method will allow users to immediately respond to emails which can usually waste users’ valuable time.
Other options available in the quick-action interface include viewing bills, accessing verification codes, tracking packages, viewing images and attachments, adding events to the calendar, RSVP to invitations, and more. Additionally, users can also customize their notifications to choose the email categories that are important to them.
Coming to the interface, Yahoo Mail has opted for a messaging app-like experience where users can instantly enter a mail thread and reply with a few taps. It also offers an AI feature that can adjust the tone of a message and make it more professional, friendly, formal or concise. The company is also letting users organize their primary inbox. Users can sort it by important messages, organize emails by sender, content and subjects. Additionally, users can also unsubscribe from a sender’s emails and delete messages by users.
Yahoo has also included a gamification feature in the Mail app. The company has added prompts to ask users to delete, archive or mark emails as read. Actions can be taken with a single tap using visual cues. The company is calling it gamifying inbox clean-up.
Finally, the new Yahoo Mail app lets users link multiple email accounts. This means users can access the email management features of the app without opening a new account. Popular email clients such as Gmail, Outlook and other email providers are compatible with the app.
