At the Google I/O conference, the search engine technology giant boasted that Gmail is getting new artificial intelligence capabilities through Gemini. As Gemini supports Gmail, a new field will appear that lets you ask the AI chatbot to summarize certain emails in your inbox.
Snippets aren’t the only feature coming to Gmail. Here are three features Google announced for its popular inbox app.
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1. Gmail can summarize your emails for you
As mentioned, Google is injecting more Gemini magic into Gmail. Here’s an example from Google illustrating the new Gmail feature: Let’s say you have a child in elementary school. Maybe you have a lot of emails from that school, but you still need to follow up. Now, instead of wasting time parsing these emails, you can use Gemini as a “CliffsNotes” tool to summarize these emails.
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If you use a prompt like “Check emails from Maywood Park Elementary School,” Gemini will give you a rundown of everything you missed—and you won’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 you don’t have time to listen to the entire recording sent to your email.
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Using the panel on the right, you can ask Gemini to tell you the key points of the meeting so you can keep up with your team’s progress.
3. Ask Gemini about the information in the email
In demonstrating Gemini’s capabilities on mobile devices, Google boasted that artificial intelligence models can find messages for you, even if it’s buried deep in your inbox.
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For example, at the Google I/O demo, a demo showed a woman asking, “When will my shoes arrive?” Correct email for answer. Instead, Gemini will sift through your emails and give you answers without much effort on your part.
Google said the snippets feature will launch this month, while the Q&A feature will launch in July.
