Productivity Review
Shortwave
Deep Dive Analysis
Shortwave rebuilds the Gmail experience around bundles, AI summaries and fast keyboard navigation.
Target Audience
Heavy Gmail users drowning in threads.
The Final Verdict
"A real improvement over the Gmail web client. Non-Gmail users are out of luck."
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What we checked
Public API
Offers a documented API you can build against.
Mobile app
Has a native app for iOS or Android, not just a mobile website.
Open source / self-hostable
Source is open and the tool can be run on your own infrastructure.
SSO (SAML)
Supports SAML single sign-on on at least one plan.
These are facts that can be checked, not opinions. Where we have not checked, it says so — we do not fill the gap with a guess.