Hello Product Hunt. We’ve been counting down the days on our Astro Calendar until this launch, and we’re happy to be back on Product Hunt. Thanks to Andrew for hunting us and to you for checking us out. We'll be answering questions here today and we’re excited to hear your feedback. 📅 🤖 🎨 The highlights of today’s launch are an intelligent built-in Calendar, Astrobot and AI updates, @mentions, and an updated design. Here's more detail about what we're launching today: 📅 CALENDAR * View, add and manage your calendar directly from Astro * Customizable views: Switch between Agenda, Daily, and 3 Day views, and choose Gmail and Office 365 accounts and calendars to display * Agenda view: Get a complete picture of what’s happening today. Snoozed emails, emails scheduled for later, and Reminders show up with your events in Agenda view. 🤖 ASTROBOT UPDATES *Astrobot uses machine learning to help you clean up your inbox, manage your day, and stay on top of what’s most important. * We’ve improved Astrobot’s natural language understanding, added new Astrobot Insights, new Ask Astrobot commands, and made everything more discoverable. ⚡ASTROBOT INSIGHTS * Astrobot Insights remind you to follow up on important emails and questions, suggest emails to archive or unsubscribe from, and let you know when tracked emails get opened. * New Insight: Astrobot identifies emails that contain a time suggestion or due date, then Astrobot highlights this time-specific request so you don’t miss it. * New Insight: Reference teammates using an @mention to highlight their name and have Astrobot notify them. 💬 ASK ASTROBOT * Astrobot responds to hundreds of commands that help you manage your inbox and Calendar. * We’ve added a lot of new commands based on your requests, and of course, some to help you manage your Calendar. TRY ASKING: * Create new folder called “Product Hunt Greatness” * Search for emails from Ryan Hoover * Move emails from producthunt.com to folder Product Hunt Greatness * Archive emails older than 14 days * Add event called download Astro today at 10 am There’s a lot more info on our blog, helloastro.com/blog/astro-brings-ai-to-email-and-now-calendar-too 💌 Thanks for checking us out. We can't wait to hear what you think.

I switched to Astro this fall for all of my email and love it. I was initially surprised by how much I liked the chatbot, and with this update, it’s won me over even more. Also really excited about the addition of Calendar. Makes it a lot easier than switching between apps to figure out what’s going on in my day. Congrats to the team on the huge update!

No iCloud support. No IMAP support. Not a real full email client. Yet. By the way, the "not yet supported" ambiguity has been said since the beginning of Astro. I'd be happier if they were not unclear anymore and simply said "we won't support it". Then users like myself wouldn't waste time expecting it..

I really like this as it makes me think that I am actually getting through emails and I am actively finding ways to reduce the bulk of things I don't look at anymore.

Pros:

Multiple accounts, calendar addition is great, actionable unsubscribes, VIP contacts and a whole heap more.

Cons:

none as yet

I have been back and forth with Astro so much over the past few months... falling in love with it, then deleting the app when it didn’t have what I wanted to trying other apps only to come back to Astro! It is a staple and it’s the best one out there that works for me and trust me I have literally tried them all. I am so excited about the update! For some reason it’s not showing a notification for an update in my App Store app yet but as soon as it does I’m going to update my App Store review!

woah....i'm 100% impressed with astro. being cross-platform (including android AND iOS) this early on in the game is what attracted me to try it out. i finally had settled on Spark until i found astro a few weeks ago. it does everything i loved about Spark, but then adds this AI bot that i didn't know i needed. it's actually super useful. On top of all this, the design is top-notch!

Quite possibly the smoothest email experience 😃

I've been using Astro on and off for about a year now. I use it on mobile far more than desktop. It has all the standard features you'd expect out of a modern email app (snoozing, follow-ups, etc). I mainly like it because it nudges better behavior in my emails. The "would you like to make ___ a VIP?" is my most frequently used nudge, the daily roll-ups are informative, and the read receipts come in very handy. Overall I like that it has a distinct look and feel without compromising usability or reliability.

Pros:

Fast, fluid, easy, solid, reliable, has personality

Cons:

I don't embrace the bot as much as i should, so that's on me

Been using Astro for months and I absolutely love it. The key for me is reliability and for me, Astro has the most of it. Stay true to your core and continue to make a solid and STABLE product.

Just added my review as well. I've been using Astro on and off for a year now and love it. Slack integration is very clever — I find i really prefer it to system notifications, as I can be much more selective with my attention towards them. Like @nikenn, I switch email apps frequently but Astro remains one I keep coming back to.

I've been using Astro for months and I've found it to be the best email client I've ever used. It's fast. Search works well. I can use it on both my Office 365 corporate email and my personal email. The snoozing is easy and really helps in keeping a clean inbox and organized follow ups.

Pros:

Great snoozing. Office365 Support. Desktop and Mobile clients

Cons:

just small quibbles honestly

I've been using Astro as my primary email for quite awhile now. Fast iterations, solid interface, etc. I do love the Alexa integration, and tend to use it frequently. Still trying to figure out how to use the conversational interface effectively, but I think that is more that I am old, than it isnt helpful.

@apflaum, thank you once again for an outstanding email client! Could you provide any update on if/when we can expect integration to OmniFocus? The one thing that is missing for me, else you'd be perfect!

Seems interesting, just had a concern, why it's free? how are you guys making profit?

Just want a app to use in all plataforms. All in there is awesome, just a detail yet. Congrats!

Pros:

Pretty smart

Cons:

Dont have Desktops or Windows Store apps.

Astro is my favorite e-mail app. The performance of the app is fantastic, the sync works well and the little suggestions for VIPs and decluttering of my inbox is superb. Calendar integration is a huge +1 from me. It synced my events very well. My only concern is notes from the organizer are unviewable, meaning any video call information doesn't show up. My previous favorite app for meetings also pulled in the dial in info, allowing me to one click start a meeting. Surely an AI capable calendar would do such a function... Great work!

Do I understand it right there is no IMAP support in Mac app?

They crushed it. Makes email a bit easier to manage but way more enjoyable.

I find the same challenge in Astrobot that I find in other bots. What's the point? Typically, it recommends to move people to VIP -- that doesn't do much for me.

Great app, awesome for inbox zero.

Pros:

Great UX, Fast Speed, Easy Archive and Snooze Features

Cons:

Astrobot doesn't do much for me

Very good email client, constantly adding new features!

Pros:

Best email client I've tried, except for ...

Cons:

... lack of integration to OmniFocus with link back to email