Your Gmail just got a useful new tool for tracking online purchases

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ZDNET's key takeaways

• Gmail's new purchases tab helps organize your online purchases.
• You can still see the soon-arriving package cards.
• The tab houses shipping updates, order confirmations, and more.

Google is making it easier to keep an eye on all of your online purchases.

In an announcement Thursday, the company unveiled a new Purchases tab in Gmail that combines all of your purchase and tracking updates in one place.

The Purchases tab gives you an overview in your email inbox of your online shopping, including "all purchase-related emails and package updates," the company said. When you click on it, you'll see order confirmations, shipping and delivery updates, and more. You'll still see the existing feature (which rolled out last year) that shows soon-arriving package information at the top of your inbox ...