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 of transactions, updates, and promotions, as well as the addition of Smart Replies (in the coming iOS 18.

In an effort to make it a little easier to find all the stuff buried in your inbox, Gmail is releasing a big update to the “summary cards” feature that tries to surface the most important information in your messages before you even need to ask.

Google today announced an update for the summary card feature in Gmail, which is designed to provide helpful information at the top of

Gmail's summary cards have long been a convenient feature for users, offering a quick glimpse of essential information from emails. With the latest

Gmail has introduced email summary cards that show relevant information in real time. Read this story to learn more.

On Tuesday, Google unveiled its updated summary cards in Gmail. These cards build on the snippet of information currently shown at the top of your email, which provides helpful insights in places other than the top of your inbox. The updated summary cards will appear in four common email categories: purchases, events, bills, and travel.

Google is expanding Gmail’s summary cards, the service’s AI-driven contextual snippets extracted for things like incoming packages. Starting today, they’ll include cards for purchases, events, bills and travel.