Google unveils Gemini AI for enhanced Gmail and workspace features

The features can summarize email threads but are exclusive to paying customers

Google has begun rolling out its new Gemini AI features for Gmail, offering enhanced capabilities for managing emails. The Gemini sidebar, now available on the web, can summarize email threads and draft new messages. Users can receive proactive prompts or ask freeform questions, utilizing Google's advanced models like Gemini 1.5 Pro. The mobile app version of Gmail will also include thread summaries.

These features are exclusive to paying customers. To access them, users need to be Google Workspace customers with a Gemini Business or Enterprise add-on, a Gemini Education or Education Premium add-on, or a Google One AI Premium subscriber. Google advises users to verify important emails generated by Gemini due to the potential for AI inaccuracies.

In addition to Gmail, Gemini features are being integrated into the side panels of Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. This follows Google's recent announcements at their I/O event. Upcoming AI enhancements for Gmail include "Contextual Smart Reply."

These updates reflect Google's ongoing efforts to enhance productivity tools with AI, aiming to streamline workflow and improve user experience.