India, Sept. 12 -- Google has announced two major updates to Gmail, aiming to make inboxes more organised ahead of the busy holiday season.

The first is a Purchases tab, which gathers all order confirmations and shipping details into one consolidated view. Instead of digging through multiple emails, users will now see a streamlined list of upcoming deliveries in one place. Packages scheduled to arrive within 24 hours will continue to appear at the top of the inbox and in summary cards within related purchase emails.

Google says the feature is timely, given the spike in online shopping expected in the coming months. A PwC survey shows that nearly 40% of US holiday gift spending will take place between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. With ...