Summary:
Shortwave updates AI features and adds new features
Why It Matters:
- Shortwave is expanding its AI capabilities beyond just email content generation to include integrations with other tools, suggesting a move towards becoming a central hub for workflows.
- The addition of "Multi-account support," "Command palette," "Privacy & Security," and "Custom views" indicates a focus on improving the core user experience, productivity, and addressing user concerns around privacy.
- These changes suggest Shortwave is maturing its product by adding features that cater to power users and those with complex email management needs.
What Changed:
- AI email assistant section:
- The image description for "Image 15" changed from "Background bubbles for asking the AI Assistant 'Reply and congratulate the team' and its reply" to "Shortwave AI integrating with various tools and apps".
- A new section titled "Integrate with your favorite tools" was added, with the description: "Connect the Shortwave AI to the tools you use every day to accomplish complex workflows without ever leaving your inbox." This new section is placed before "Autocomplete intelligently".
- The image numbers for subsequent images in this section (and likely the rest of the page) have been incremented by one (e.g., "Image 16" is now "Image 17").
- Email productivity section:
- Added new features:
- "#### Multi-account support" with description: "Quickly switch between Gmail accounts on any device"
- "#### Command palette" with description: "Effortlessly navigate and take action from your keyboard"
- "#### Privacy & Security" with description: "Our image proxy & tracking pixel blocking keep your privacy intact"
- Added a new feature: "#### Custom views" with description: "Save your favorite combinations of inboxes, labels, and searches to your sidebar"