Collaborate with Gemini in Gmail (Workspace Labs)

This feature is rolling out gradually and may not be available to you yet.

This article refers to Google Workspace Labs, which is a trusted tester program for users to try new AI features. Workspace Labs is currently available to trusted testers in English and may not be available in your country.

In Gmail, you can ask Gemini to:

Summarize an email thread.
Suggest responses to an email thread.
Find information from previous emails.
Find information from your Google Drive files.

Important: This feature is currently available on desktop.

Use the Gemini in Gmail side panel

An animation showing the user opening the Gemini in Gmail side panel and asking Gemini to summarize an email about a project deadline

Tip: When an email thread is open, the Gemini in Gmail side panel suggests prompts based on the conversation.

On your computer, open Gmail.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
At the bottom of the panel, you can:
- Select a suggested prompt when an email thread is open.
- Write your own prompt.
From the generated text, you can:
- Show more of the response: Click View more .
- Show less of the response: Click View less .
- Check sources for responses: If available, click Sources.
- Refine the generated text: Write a new prompt.
To close the panel, click Close .

Tips:

To show all suggested prompts, at the bottom of the side panel, click Show all .
To minimize the list of suggested prompts, at the bottom of the side panel, click Show less .

Learn how the Gemini in Gmail side panel works

Summarize an email thread

Gemini can summarize an email thread with more than 2 replies.

If the side panel is open, Gemini summarizes the email thread when you click What’s this email about?
If the side panel is closed, at the top of an email thread, click Summarize this email.

In the side panel, you can also prompt to ask for a summary.

Examples:
- “Summarize this email.”
- “Create a list of action items for me based on this email.”
- “Explain this email to me like I’m 5 years old.”

Suggest reply options

Gemini can draft a new email or a reply.

To get suggested replies:
1. On your computer, open an email thread.
2. Click Ask Gemini .
3. At the bottom of the side panel, click Can you suggest a reply?
To draft a new email, ask Gemini to create the draft.
- Examples:
  - “Write an announcement email for the launch of Project Clover.”
  - “Create a thank you note to a colleague for their work on Project Clover.”

Find information from previous emails

Gemini can get information on reservations, flights, packages, and other emails sent to your inbox. For example:

“When is my package arriving?”
“What time is my next flight?”

Find information from your Google Drive files

Gemini can reference files and documents from Google Drive. For example:

“What are the main points of the weekly team meeting notes from my documents?”
“Summarize my document for Project Clover.”

Tip: To check files that Gemini used in its response, click Sources.

Give feedback on generated output

Gemini for Google Workspace is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request. Because feedback may be human readable, please do not submit data that contains personal, confidential, or sensitive information.

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can submit feedback. Your feedback can help improve AI-assisted Workspace features and broader Google efforts in AI.

Below the generated output, select Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
If you select Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
- To review data that will be attached with your feedback, at the bottom, select What data will be attached?
- If you don’t want to include the data with your feedback, uncheck Attach collected data to your feedback to help us improve the product experience.
Select Next.
Review additional context that you can share with your feedback.
- If you don’t want to include the additional context with your feedback, uncheck Additional context (content referenced to create outputs).
Select Submit.

To provide general feedback about Gemini, at the top, click Help Send feedback to Google.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Clear history with the Gemini in Gmail side panel

To remove all AI generated text that you haven’t imported to the email, clear your Gemini history.

You can clear the conversation history in the side panel.

On your computer, at the top right of the Gemini side panel, click Clear history .
In the pop-up window, click Clear.

You can lose your conversation history if you:

Navigate from one email conversation to another.
Reload your browser.
Close and reopen Gmail.

Turn off the Gemini in Gmail side panel

To turn off any of the features on Google Workspace Labs, you must exit Workspace Labs. If you exit, you will permanently lose access to all Workspace Labs features, and you won’t be able to rejoin Workspace Labs. Learn more about how to exit Workspace Labs.

Learn about Workspace Labs feature suggestions

Workspace Labs feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
Don’t rely on Workspace Labs features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
Workspace Labs features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Workspace Labs more helpful and safe.
Don’t include personal, confidential, or sensitive information in your prompts.
Google uses Workspace Labs data and metrics to provide, improve, and develop products, services, and machine learning technologies across Google.
Your Workspace Labs Data may also be read, rated, annotated, and reviewed by human reviewers. Importantly, where Google uses Google-selected input (as described in the Privacy Notice) to generate output, Google will aggregate and/or pseudonymize that content and resulting output before it is viewed by human reviewers, unless it is specifically provided as part of your feedback to Google.
Generated images are for use only within Gmail.
Workspace Labs generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Gmail, and may not represent real world situations.

How Workspace Labs data in Gmail is collected

When you use the Gemini in Gmail side panel, Google uses and stores the following data:

Prompts you enter or select.
Generated text and images.
Google Workspace content that you have access to that is referenced to generate content (both Google-selected input and user-provided input).
Your feedback on the Gemini in Gmail side panel.

To understand how this data is used, review the Google Workspace Labs Privacy Notice and Terms for Personal Accounts.