Shortwave
AI email assistant that summarizes and prioritizes your inbox
概要
Shortwave is the smartest way to manage a Gmail inbox in 2026, an AI email client that summarizes long threads into actionable briefs, drafts replies in your personal writing style, and surfaces the messages that actually need attention first. Best for executives, founders, and professionals handling high email volumes who want an AI assistant to triage the inbox rather than yet another interface to check, and who live inside Gmail every working day. Pricing starts free with basic AI features and limited usage, the Pro plan at $18 per month unlocks unlimited AI summaries, advanced draft generation, and daily briefings, and Business at $30 per seat per month adds team-level controls and higher capacity for organizations. Key features include AI thread summarization that preserves nuance and turns sprawling conversations into concise briefs, action item extraction across threads so commitments never slip, plain-English search that finds any email without remembering exact keywords or sender names, AI-powered categorization, smart scheduling that suggests optimal send times, follow-up reminders, and a daily briefing that recaps everything that happened while you were away. Draft replies are generated in your personal style, learned from your own communication patterns rather than generic templates. The unique selling point is depth of Gmail integration: Shortwave layers its AI directly on top of your existing Gmail account with a redesigned productivity-focused interface, rather than forcing a migration to a new email provider. Mobile apps extend the same AI workflow to phones for triage on the go. A typical workflow shows the difference: the daily briefing opens your morning with a recap of overnight activity, AI triage pushes newsletters and notifications down the list while pinning messages from key contacts, a short instruction generates a complete reply draft in seconds, and follow-up reminders nudge you when a promised answer has not arrived. Compared with manual Gmail triage, this shortens the path from opening the inbox to clearing it from dozens of small decisions to a handful of quick approvals. For Gmail-only users it delivers the most complete AI email experience available, consistently cutting inbox processing time compared with the native Gmail experience; Outlook and other providers are not supported, and teams with strict email privacy requirements should weigh the tradeoff of granting AI access to mailbox content.
主な機能
メリット
- +Significant time savings on email
- +Excellent summaries and prioritization
- +Clean, focused email experience
- +Good AI draft quality
- +Action item tracking is useful
デメリット
- -Gmail-only (no Outlook support)
- -Can miss nuanced context in emails
- -Privacy concerns with email access
- -Learning curve for new workflow
- -Pro plan is relatively expensive
おすすめ用途
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Shortwave free to use?
Shortwave offers a free tier with basic AI features and limited usage. The Pro plan costs $18 per month and unlocks unlimited AI summaries, advanced draft generation, daily briefings, and full action item extraction. The free tier is a good starting point to evaluate whether the AI email workflow fits your needs.
How is Shortwave different from Gmail?
Shortwave is built on top of Gmail but adds a dedicated AI layer for email management. While Gmail now has some AI features, Shortwave goes further with daily email briefings, intelligent prioritization, action item extraction across threads, and AI-generated draft replies that learn from your communication patterns. It provides a cleaner, more focused interface designed to reduce inbox overload rather than replicate a traditional email client.
What AI features does Shortwave have?
Shortwave provides AI email summarization that condenses long threads, smart prioritization that surfaces important messages first, AI draft reply generation, daily email briefings, and automatic action item extraction. The AI learns from your communication patterns over time to provide increasingly relevant suggestions and better understanding of your email context.
Does Shortwave integrate with Google Calendar?
Shortwave works with your Gmail account and can reference calendar context, but it is primarily focused on email management rather than being a full calendar tool. It does not replace Google Calendar but can help you manage scheduling-related emails more effectively through its AI understanding of time commitments and meeting requests in your inbox.
Is Shortwave available on mobile?
Yes, Shortwave has a mobile app available for both iOS and Android devices. This allows you to access AI-powered email management on the go, including summaries, prioritized inboxes, and AI-assisted replies from your phone or tablet.
Does Shortwave work with Outlook or other email providers?
No, Shortwave currently only works with Gmail accounts. It does not support Outlook, Yahoo, or other email providers. If you use a non-Gmail email address, you would need a Gmail account to use Shortwave. This is a significant limitation for users who rely on other email services.
Is Shortwave safe for sensitive email?
Shortwave reads your email content to power its AI features like summarization and draft generation. While the company takes security seriously, this does mean your email data is processed by their AI systems. Users handling highly sensitive or confidential information should review Shortwave data privacy policies carefully and consider whether AI email processing aligns with their organizational requirements.
評価の内訳
データプライバシーとセキュリティ
Reads email content for AI processing