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Alongside the launch, Google said it’s also making AI Overviews in Drive broadly available to eligible Workspace and Google AI
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During its Google Cloud Next conference on Wednesday, the company announced a slew of Workspace-focused updates, including the addition of its AI Overviews feature to Gmail.
Key facts
- Alongside the launch, Google said it’s also making AI Overviews in Drive broadly available to eligible Workspace and Google AI plans
- During its Google Cloud Next conference on Wednesday, the company announced a slew of Workspace-focused updates, including the addition of its AI Overviews feature to Gmail
- The AI Overview will create an instant summary pulled from across multiple emails and conversations
- The feature was previously available to consumers with Google AI Pro and Ultra subscriptions
Summary
According to Google, this will allow Gmail users to ask questions in search using natural language and then get concise answers without having to open and read different emails. The company suggests the feature could be used to ask business-related questions about topics typically shared in emails, like those about performance improvements, project milestones, invoices, comments on decks, trip details, and more with straightforward answers. The AI Overview will create an instant summary pulled from across multiple emails and conversations. While not everyone prefers to have AI as their first step to finding an answer, it is rapidly becoming the norm, both within Google’s products and elsewhere on the web.