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- Gmail’s new Purchases tab helps you organize your online purchases.
- You can still see the Soon Coming package cards.
- The tab contains shipping updates, order confirmations, and more.
Google makes it easier to keep track of all your online purchases.
In an announcement on Thursday, the company unveiled a new purchases tab in Gmail that brings together all of your purchase and tracking updates in one place.
The Purchases tab gives you an overview of your online shopping email inbox, including “all purchase-related emails and package updates,” the company said. Clicking on it will show you order confirmations, shipping and delivery updates, and more. You’ll still see the existing feature (which was introduced last year) of Soon-Breiving package details at the top of your inbox, but you can also see updates to packages set up further down.
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The new tab, which sounds a lot like Apple’s “transactions” mail category that debuted not too long ago, will sit in the left pane of your Gmail inbox alongside other labels like starred, important, manage subscriptions (you can use it to quickly and easily clean up your inbox), and scheduled.
Google said this tab will go live for both mobile and web users. If you don’t see it now, you should soon.
More relevant promotion tab
Also new is a revamped promotions tab. If you usually avoid this tab because it’s nothing more than marketing emails, Google is giving you a reason to check it out. Soon, you’ll be able to sort promotions by most relevant, Google explained, meaning you’ll see messages from senders and brands you interact with first. You’ll also see “nudges” that highlight upcoming deals or offers that you’re more likely to take advantage of.
If you want to keep the Ads tab as it is, you can switch back to “latest” instead of “most relevant.”
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