Notion Mail is finally out in the wild, for anyone who has a Gmail account.
And it’s quintessential Notion.
If you’ve used the standard Notion app, you really can’t confuse it for anything else.
Notion Mailis a minimalist and text-based take on the Mail app that isn’t trying to do anything revolutionary.
There are no AI summaries, and no complicated split views like inSuperhuman.
It’s just your email, sorted in a way that you like.
That is, if you even can.
But there’s no app for Windows on the roadmap.
What is Notion?
Notion Mail is the latest product from Notion Labs, which is known for itsextremely customizable note taking app.
Notion is free to use for individual users, but charges $10 per month per user for businesses.
Notion users will feel at home
Let’s start with how Notion Mail looks and works.
It has the same unassuming black and white design that Notion is known for.
In other words, it feels like Gmail did 15 years ago, but modernized.
There’s a sidebar that shows all your views, and then a list of email.
And that’s that, as far as design goes.
you might also integrate Notion Calendar to easily display your availability.
Let’s talk about the Views first.
You might even be prompted to create custom Views based on your inbox.
But you’ve got the option to go in and create a new View at any time.
poke the Auto Label button in the top toolbar any time to create a new Label.
Here, you’ll see a simple text box.
Enter any prompt here to create an auto label.
Notion will also prompt you to “auto label similar” emails as you go about your business.
Don’t worry: Notion will ask you to approve any labels before applying them.
After a couple of days of using AI Auto Labels, my experience has been mixed.
The first thing to note is that Auto Labels don’t go as far back as I would like.
For that, you’d still need to use Gmail search, or another AI like Shortwave.
And the more people you add in a workspace, the more Notion raises the free responses limits.
As for me, my Notion AI trial ended after just 10 or so responses.
The same goes for AI writing features.
But when it comes to AI, it’s still a developing story.
It’s less minimal, but also far more powerful.
