Shortwave

Been using this since alpha. It's not a simple gimmick stuck on top of GPT like most AI these days. It actually helps through assessment of existing material and simulation of writing style. As an ADHDer the biggest benefit it brings is that "i don't want to answer this simple email because it's too hard" scenario where I'd leave it for months unanswered. Now I just prompt the AI and it gets me unstuck.

Really enjoy the summaries and explainer options. The only downside is sometimes the explanations are longer than the actual email, would like something more condensed as an option in the future. Bundling is nice too!

Bundling Emails is back baby!

Been using it since last year. Never looked back to gmail once moving over to Shortwave.

It's my daily driver for email. I love it. Smooth, fast, AI-powered. Two thumbs up.

Google Inbox reincarnated!

Effective

Shortwave's been a solid antidote to my inbox. The AI stuff like Smart Summary is neat, but the actual value of Shortwave comes from reinforcing the GTD habits. Clean design, plenty of keyboard shortcuts, and a concrete vision. But it's not perfect - I sometimes feel railroaded by the Smart Labels. It tends to be a bit over-eager in labeling since a lot of the logic is based on the email sender. TLDR: if the GTD workflow appeals to you, Shortwave is probably a good bet.

I particularly like the little AI affordances within the existing UI elements, such as little buttons on each thread to get it summarised, or "include a smart summary" when responding on a thread (that has also already existed for a while now). It's those little things - much more than the usual chatbot everybody now adds - that make Shortwave's AI adoption different for me. That and the already great UX for handling the stream of emails, that is just amazing.