It’s kind of hard to remember life before Gmail. Last April, we celebrated Google’s email service turning 20, 20 years of before and after email, with this essential communication tool seeing a huge change in how it’s perceived compared to other means of communication. Of course we are talking about 2004 versus 2024, everything has changed a lot.

The end of the past and the beginning of the present was a time when email was considered the definitive communication tool, as well as the future. 20 years later, and although still a massively used tool today, was overcome through other channels, from instant messaging and social networking to video conferencing services and group work and communication tools.

Be that as it may, email services have not stopped evolving and of course Google is no exception. And among the features I’ve found particularly handy since its debut are summary cards, which display a summary of the most important information from certain emails. For example, I’m organizing a trip these days and I love when I get a booking confirmation by email and see that key information about them is already displayed without having to open the messages.

ok then Google just announced that it’s expanding and improving Gmail’s Summary Tabsgiving this feature much more utility with the intention of adapting it to current email usage. In addition, as we read on the official blog of the search engine, the deployment of this new version of summary cards has already begun, so it is possible that if you access your Gmail account using the service application ( At the moment the novelty is available for Android and iOS), you will now find them .

Thus, on the one hand, Google tells us about the four categories of email types in which the new summary cards will be displayed. They are as follows, as explained by the company:

• Shopping: Allows you to track shipments, check the details of your orders and check your orders online.
• Events: See upcoming events, invite others, or search for directions.
• Invoices: Check and pay your bills or stay on top of deadlines and due dates by adding reminders to Google Tasks.
• Way: Manage your bookings, check-out for your flights and view important travel details such as hotel check-in and check-out times.

Next, when we talk about what’s new for Gmail, Google is focusing on these three pointsvery important:

• A new section in your inbox called “Coming Soon” for timely summaries.
• New action buttons like inviting more people to an event, checking in for a flight or setting a reminder so you don’t get caught off guard by paying your bank.
• Dynamic summary sheets with real-time updates.

Some of these features, yes, like the “Coming Soon” section, won’t arrive in this initial deployment, but they will. are planned for the short term.