If you happen to use Proton Mail in your telephone, issues are about to choose up. The corporate is rolling out new apps for Android and iOS. The up to date cellular functions are rebuilt from the bottom up with a “cleaner, sooner and extra personal expertise.” Proton first introduced in April that it was engaged on the revamp.
The corporate says the brand new Proton Mail helps you to scroll, archive and reply twice as quick as earlier than. It additionally now helps an offline mode, permitting you to learn, write and arrange messages whereas away from the web. A redesigned interface goals for easier navigation, with areas just like the composer button now sitting inside simpler attain.
The iOS and Android apps, whereas nonetheless native to their respective platforms, now share a standard codebase. Proton says they share 80 % of their code. This could allow sooner improvement and near-simultaneous future updates.
Product lead Anant Vijay Singh credited the replace to Proton’s group and enterprise mannequin. “The brand new Proton Mail cellular apps mirror this suggestions and present what is feasible for those who construct an e-mail app with out the constraints imposed by making an attempt to monetize consumer information, permitting for a cleaner, sooner, and extra personal expertise,” he stated.
Proton has had a full plate currently. The corporate is engaged on an upcoming overhaul of Proton Calendar with comparable consumer expertise upgrades. This summer time, it even joined the chatbot fracas with Lumo, which it believes can carve a distinct segment as a extra moral AI assistant.
The Proton Mail updates start rolling out right now within the App Retailer and Play Retailer.