Gmail dabbles in AI

Gmail is dabbling in AI.

Google is introducing new Artificial Intelligence features to enhance Gmail's user experience.

The tech giant is rolling out the Gemini side panel, designed to summarise email threads and write new emails. According to Google, this tool will provide 'proactive prompts' and allow users to ask 'freeform questions'.

On the web, Google is beginning to roll out a new Gemini side panel that summarises email threads and drafts new emails. 

Google says it is built to 'leverage Google’s most capable models', such as Gemini 1.5 Pro. 

In the Gmail mobile app, users can use Gemini to summarise threads.

These improvements could be useful, but they’ll only be available to paid Gemini users: you’ll need to be a Google Workspace customer with a Gemini Business or Enterprise add-on, a Gemini Education or Education Premium add-on, or a Google One AI Premium subscriber.