MAIL EVOLVED takes a deliberately minimal approach to AI email writing. Instead of building a whole email client around the model, it stays as a thin layer on top of Gmail. Once the extension is installed and your OpenAI API key is saved in its settings, it watches for the moment you begin composing a reply. At that point it adds a set of buttons beside the normal reply button, each representing a different kind of answer — for example a brief acknowledgement or a fully custom response generated from a prompt.
Because the extension talks to the OpenAI API with your own credentials, the costs scale directly with your personal usage rather than a vendor subscription. The version currently published in the Chrome Web Store is 1.1, last updated in May 2023, and it is a small 20 KB package that targets the classic GPT-3 era OpenAI endpoints. It was built by an individual developer and has a small install base, so treat it as a handy utility rather than an enterprise-grade tool.
Privacy is straightforward: the developer states that no personal information is collected through the extension, but email content you submit is sent to OpenAI for processing, so their privacy policy applies to that data. If you want a no-frills way to speed up routine replies without adopting another inbox app, MAIL EVOLVED is a pragmatic choice.
