Gmail, Google’s email service, now has more than 1 billion active users, Google chief executive Sundar Pichai said during today’s Alphabet (GOOG) earnings call.
That’s up from 900 million active users back in May 2015.
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Last year Google gave Inbox an interesting feature: Smart Reply, which offers users quick and easy responses to messages. Today that feature counts for 10 percent of all responses in Inbox, Pichai told investors on today’s earnings call.
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Other Alphabet services with more than 1 billion active users include Google Search, YouTube, Google Maps, Android, and Chrome.
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