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By Michael Albers, VP of Product Management

Changes to the inbox over the years have focused primarily on the productivity of managing lots of emails. Today, the Yahoo Mail team is happy to announce that we have been working on something that we think brings even more value to our hundreds of millions of members ... and we are just getting started.

We are building automation into the inbox to help Yahoo Mail members find the best shopping deals and coupons, get the lowest price on what they buy and improve their online shopping service. Specifically:

Find deals on items you care about 

Get the best price on recent purchases

Faster shipping on your online purchases

The new Yahoo Mail features will help keep you organized and on top of your shopping game. These services, partnerships and smart features are available to access in the Yahoo Mail experience, and will only grow and evolve to deliver even greater benefits to Yahoo Mail members.

Saving you time and money with our innovative partners: ShopRunner (Free two-day shipping, free returns, & seamless checkout) and Earny (Price protection on purchases).

ShopRunner offers millions of members free two-day shipping, free returns, and seamless checkout at over 100 retailers. Normally it costs $79 to join ShopRunner, but thanks to our new partnership, Yahoo members get their first-year subscription with ShopRunner absolutely, 100% free. ShopRunner offers shoppers the world-class shopping experiences at a wide network of retail partners.  

Earny is another company we’ve partnered with because we never want you to overpay on any recent purchases. As a loyal Yahoo member, once you sign up for Earny, you will automatically get refunds for eligible purchases.

Here’s how it works:  Earny reviews up to your last 90 days of purchases from eligible retailers, and automatically processes refund requests on your behalf when lower prices are discovered online. If you paid $60 at one retailer and Earny finds it for $45.00 somewhere else, you’ll be refunded the difference. It’s that easy, so don't delete your receipts, there are potential savings to be had!  

Keeping your shopping life organized: Coupons and Purchase Views

Finally, we are adding two new useful ways to look at important shopping information in your inbox. The Coupon and Purchase views.

In the Coupon view, you will find the deals and coupons we have found in your inbox all organized for easy use. We will keep track of expiration dates, and if you ask us to “clip” a coupon, we will notify you before it expires.

In the new Purchase view, all your purchases are organized to make looking up a delivery or receipt quick and easy. Over time, we will include the price protection and tracking information in this view.

By Jeff Bargmann, Product Manager for Yahoo Mail

As teams of elite athletes from around the world gear up for the 2018 Winter Games in PyeongChang, South Korea, the team here at Yahoo Mail has been working hard to bring all of the excitement and drama of the Medal Hunt to your inbox.

Our goal here at Yahoo Mail is to give you an inbox experience that keeps you organized and, most importantly, on top of what matters most to you - including coverage of the Winter Games.

Starting today, fans using Yahoo Mail can easily stay tuned into every competition and cheer on your country, teams and athletes right from your inbox. Here’s how:

On your desktop - Medal Counter and Yahoo Sports Breaking News

When you log into Yahoo Mail during the games, you will see a real-time medal counter on the upper right of your inbox, letting you keep track of which country is winning the medal race and celebrate each time your country reaches the podium. 

In partnership with Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Mail will also deliver all of the leading and latest Winter Games news headlines in real-time. To get the full story and breaking Winter Games news, simply click on the arrow to be taken to the Yahoo Sports destination page for the Winter Games.

On mobile - Breaking News with Just a Tap

Of course, we know you will want to stay on top of the Games while you’re on the move so, once again, we’ve worked with the Yahoo Sports team to create a dedicated News section that brings you all of the latest headlines right in your inbox.

To check out the news, just tap on that handy Medal icon in the upper right-hand corner of your inbox.

Once you tap the medal, you’ll head over to the Yahoo Sports destination page for the Winter Games, bringing you the very best, up to the minute coverage of all the pageantry, drama, heartbreak, and joy of the Games.

By Aditya Bandi and Chetan Ankola, Yahoo Mail Team

Whether it’s personalized stationery, custom inbox themes and colors, or animated GIFs - the Yahoo Mail team is constantly working to bring innovative, fun, and functional features to your inbox. We are on a mission to build an amazing experience that makes email easy to use, seamlessly organized, and brings your messages to life in a way that is 100% uniquely “you”.

Now that mission leads us into new, uncharted lands: Augmented Reality. Starting today, Yahoo Mail is rolling out amazing and engaging AR experiences that magically appear in your iOS Mail app throughout the year. Our first experience, launched just in time for the winter holidays, lets Yahoo Mail users build their own Augmented Reality snowman, whether they’re staying warm in their living room, taking a break at the office, or sitting on a sunny beach sipping a tropical cocktail.

Far from being a one-time feature built just for fun, Yahoo Mail’s Augmented Reality integration will fundamentally change how you look at your inbox.

Today, Oath also announced several new ad experiences, including an augmented reality (AR) mobile ad unit designed by our RYOT team and powered by Yahoo Gemini, that enables consumers to click to access an immersive ad in an Oath content experience like Yahoo Mail.

Read more about it here.

Start Building your Snowman:

The Yahoo Mail Snowman AR experience appears when you pull down to refresh your mail app. If there are no new messages in your inbox, you are asked if you want to build a snowman and share that with your friends/family.

Clicking on the ‘Build Snowman’ button takes you into the AR experience where you can place the snowman anywhere in the real world and start personalizing it with a selection of faces and decorations.

Once you are done, you can wander around the room and marvel at your creation, then quickly share your AR creation with your family/friends and wishing them happy holidays.

With that, it’s time for all of us to get those last minute gifts ordered and wrapped. We hope all of your holiday celebrations (in reality and augmented reality) are filled with friends, family, and lots of cheer. Happy Holidays from everyone here on the Yahoo Mail team.

Download the latest Yahoo Mail app on the App Store or visit mail.yahoo.com on your computer. Check it out and let us know what you think — just go to Settings and tap “Send Feedback.”