> why is there two apps gmail and inbox for email both developed by google?
Because one of the whole points of having service-based software is that you can present different UIs on top of it for different audiences with the same backend, and this is a realization of that ability.
Because Inbox is a fairly radical change with a strongly-opinionated workflow, while Gmail is -- while still advancing -- a relatively conservative, traditional email client. Having separate apps means people who are happy with the basic Gmail app and fairly conservative (in terms of workflow) improvements it gets are free to stick with it and not abandoned, while those who have (the frequently cited) problems with classic email that Inbox is designed to address can move to it and not be held back by the traditional design of email clients.
sounds reasonable, btw remind me of wave. Having used both, I fell back onto gmail, as I still like the ordering of each individual email displayed in front of me, instead of encapsulating them into categorizes which I need to expand one by one to find the ones I am interested in.
Because one of the whole points of having service-based software is that you can present different UIs on top of it for different audiences with the same backend, and this is a realization of that ability.
Because Inbox is a fairly radical change with a strongly-opinionated workflow, while Gmail is -- while still advancing -- a relatively conservative, traditional email client. Having separate apps means people who are happy with the basic Gmail app and fairly conservative (in terms of workflow) improvements it gets are free to stick with it and not abandoned, while those who have (the frequently cited) problems with classic email that Inbox is designed to address can move to it and not be held back by the traditional design of email clients.