in Google I/O, the search engine tech giant boasted that Gmail is poised to get new AI features via Gemini. Gemini, the power behind Gmail, brings a new field that lets you ask an AI chatbot to summarize specific emails in your inbox.
Summaries aren't the only thing deployed in Gmail. Here are three features Google announced for its popular inbox app.
1. Gmail summarizes your emails
As mentioned earlier, Google is sprinkling more Gemini magic into Gmail. Here are some examples provided by Google to illustrate new features in Gmail. Imagine you have a child in elementary school. Maybe you're getting a lot of emails from your school, but you still need to catch up. Instead of wasting time parsing your emails, you can now use Gemini as a „CliffsNotes“ tool to summarize your emails.
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Use prompts like „I'd like to remind you of emails from Maywood Park Elementary School“ and Gemini will give you a summary of what you missed. She doesn't have to open a single email.
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2. Get Google Meet highlights
Let's say you missed an hour-long Google Meet and didn't have time to sit through the entire recording sent to your email.
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Using the panel on the right, you can ask Gemini to give you the highlights of the meeting and keep you up to date with what's going on with your team.
3. Ask a Gemini about the information in the email.
While showcasing Gemini's capabilities on mobile devices, Google boasted that its AI models can find information, even if it's buried deep in your inbox.
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For example, at the Google I/O presentation, a demo showed a woman asking, „When will my shoes arrive?“ „What time will the doors open for a Knicks game?“ No need to scramble to find the right email that will answer these questions. Instead, Gemini will scan your email and pass you the answer without much effort on your part.
Google says the summary feature will be rolled out this month, and the Q&A feature will be available in July.