Direct answer
What is Shortwave?
Shortwave rebuilds the Gmail experience around an AI assistant that can find emails by meaning, summarise, draft, and schedule from natural-language requests.
Shortwave's assistant answers questions about your inbox, drafts replies in your style, summarises threads, and helps with calendar tasks. The client adds bundling, snoozing, and to-do style workflows. It connects only to Gmail and Google Workspace accounts.
An assistant-centred email client that treats the inbox as searchable memory, with a free tier for individuals.
Product capabilities
Key features
Inbox assistant
Ask questions across email history and get answers with the source threads.
Drafting and summaries
Write replies in your voice and summarise long conversations.
Workflow tools
Bundles, snoozes, reminders, and to-do style organisation.
Calendar help
Schedule and reply with availability from natural-language requests.
Practical fit
Who should use Shortwave?
Find that email
Retrieve a message by describing it instead of guessing keywords.
Fast replies
Draft accurate responses using thread context.
Daily planning
Turn emails into tasks and schedule follow-ups.
Editorial assessment
Pros and limitations
Where it is strong
- Strong AI search over inbox
- Free plan available
- Fast, modern interface
- Good voice matching
Where to be careful
- Gmail only
- AI usage limits on lower plans
- Fewer enterprise features than incumbents
Commercial context
Shortwave pricing
A free plan covers basic use with limited AI; Personal, Business, and Enterprise plans add more AI usage and team features at the review date. Confirm current terms on the official pricing page.
Pricing, limits, taxes, model access, and regional availability can change. Verify the purchase-critical details on the official pricing page linked under Sources.
Transparent ranking
Why Shortwave scores 74.8
Each factor is scored on a 100-point scale, then combined using the public ToolsRank weights. Engagement and momentum stay at a neutral baseline until measured signals exist, so no tool can gain or lose position from numbers nobody recorded.
Compatibility
Languages, platforms, and integrations
Languages
- Multilingual drafting
Platforms
- Web
- macOS
- Windows
- iOS
- Android
Integrations & surfaces
- Gmail
- Google Calendar
- Google Workspace
- HubSpot
Community
Reviews and questions
No approved member reviews yet. Editorial factors above are the only rating on this page.
Reviews and questions come from Google-signed members and are checked by an editor before they appear.
Frequently asked
Shortwave FAQ
What is Shortwave best for?+
Shortwave is best for Gmail users who want an AI assistant that searches, summarises, and drafts across their inbox at an accessible price.
Is Shortwave free?+
A free plan with limited AI is available; paid plans add usage and team features at the review date. Check the official pricing page.
How does ToolsRank score Shortwave?+
ToolsRank combines editorial quality, practical utility, trust and transparency, freshness, engagement quality, and momentum. Paid placement never changes the organic score.
