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It seems like for Gmail to provide this functionality, it needs to copy your external email to Google's servers and do server side processing.
I can't imagine that it does spam protection, Google Now cards, and search all client side.
This means that Yahoo and Outlook users have access to Google Now email-based cards before those of us using Google Apps.
Nowadays, with the more enterprise-y features (policy, etc.) of the {Gmail,Apps} for Work, I at least get _why_ they're not on parity. But if you asked me 5 years ago, I would have never guessed this (Apps users missing out on XYZ) would still be a thing.
This means that Yahoo and Outlook users have access to Google Now email-based cards before those of us using Google Apps.
From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this permission is beyond me.
I wonder if those of us who already have third-party email accounts in the Gmail app will be automatically upgraded to this.
I assume that under the hood, they've just set up Gmail as an IMAP client that accesses your other account?
Given the specificity of the providers they list, they are probably using their APIs instead of IMAP, which is a lot easier.
After reading this I tried to install an exchange account on my gmail app. It asked for a bunch of extra permissions for the specific exchange account, including the permission to "Erase all data" from the telephone, resetting it to factory settings. Not gonna happen. From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this…
Probably just your exchange admin doesnt have an incentive to change the settings.
I ask because I don't want to link my 15 year-old Hotmail account to it if that's the case. I'll just stay with the web client.