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Gmail’s new ‘summary cards’ help you take action on your emails, like tracking packages and checking into flights


Competition in the email market is heating up. After Apple’s iOS 18 introduced a slew of Gmail-like features to Apple’s Mail app, including categorization

Google’s popular email service will now add revamped “summary cards” to help users better organize and take actions in their inbox, like tracking packages, checking in for flights, setting reminders, marking bills as paid, and more. With the addition, users won’t necessarily have to read through individual emails to find the information they need, like receipts, bills, travel confirmations, and dinner reservations, for example. The feature will begin rolling out on October 2, initially with the launch of purchase summary cards across iOS and Android, which some users had already spotted ahead of the official announcement.

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