Google to pull the plug on Inbox on April 2

Last September, the internet giant Google announced that it planned on shutting down its 'Inbox' by Gmail app, without announcing a proper date. Recently, Google announced the date of InBox's shutdown, and it is the same day as Google+ - April the 2nd. The Inbox users received a notification while using the 'Inbox for Gmail' app which reads that the service will be officially shutting down on 2 April. The notification also prompted users to switch to the Gmail app, claiming that all of their favorite Inbox features will be found in the Gmail app.

'Inbox by Gmail' was started in 2014 as an invitation-only service, and it offered users a more interactive and intelligent way to access emails away from the regular Gmail app. In fact, most of the cool features currently found in Gmail app were first introduced in the Inbox app, including Snooze, Smart Reply, inline attachments, connected tasks, Google Keep integration, etc.

Inbox also featured a 'Bundles' feature, which brought emails of the same topic together. The platform inspired popular features which eventually made its way to Gmail such as automatically sifting through your messages, email snoozing and even smart replies. So, all Inbox and Google+ users note that, 2 April will be a date when these two applications phased out.