As a Google Workspace administrator, you can let your users try Gemini Alpha features before they're released to customers as part of Gemini for Google Workspace.
Important notes about Gemini for Google Workspace
- The Alpha setting is available only to organizations that are already using Gemini for Google Workspace.
- Gemini Alpha is turned off by default. Only an admin can turn it on.
- You can turn on Gemini Alpha features for all of your Gemini for Google Workspace users or for a subset of Gemini users within specific organizational units or groups.
- Alpha features get the same robust data protection standards that come with all Google Workspace services.
- Alpha features may not be available in all editions of Gemini for Google Workspace. Check the feature availability table to see what's currently available to your organization.
Periodically, Google adds or removes Gemini Alpha features, and this page is updated for the current, supported Alpha features.
What terms apply to Alpha features?
By enabling Alpha features in Gemini for Google Workspace, you agree that the Pre-General Availability Offering Terms (excluding Section 6.1(b)), and Generative AI Services sections of the Google Workspace Service Specific Terms apply to your organization's use of the Alpha features. For clarity, Google's data protection and processing obligations with respect to Customer Data set forth in the Cloud Data Processing Addendum will apply to the Alpha features.
Features available today in Gemini Alpha
Feature availability
| Gemini Business |
Gemini Enterprise |
AI Meetings & Messaging |
AI Security | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Next Steps in "take notes for me" | ✔ | |||
| ✔ | ||||
| Folder support for Gemini in Drive | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Gemini summary building block | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Help me create | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| AI generated charts, insights, and Q&A in the Sheets side panel | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Help me create a form | ✔ | ✔ |
Next steps in "take notes for me"
When you use “take notes for me” in Google Meet, Gemini will automatically capture “next steps” from your meeting in the meeting notes doc.
Learn more about "take notes for me" in Google Meet
Citations for "take notes for me"
When you use “take notes for me” and enable transcription, you will see citations alongside your notes. These citations link to the timestamp in the transcript where the note was taken from. Citations allow you to drill deeper into the details of a discussion from the high-level summary that meeting notes provide.
Learn more about "take notes for me" in Google Meet.
Folder support for Gemini in Drive
Summarize folders in Google Drive and ask questions about the contents so you can better understand your folder.
Learn more about using Gemini in Drive.
Gemini summary building block
Add a Gemini summary building block to your document and instantly get collaborative document summaries that highlight key takeaways.
Learn more about generating a summary with Gemini.
Help me create in Google Docs
Help me create empowers users to generate visually stunning and long-form documents that are:
- Structured with headings, tables, and lists for clarity and organization.
- Beautifully styled using out-of-box predefined styles that are automatically selected based on the contents of the generated document.
- Grounded on content in your existing files in Drive.
- Enhanced with striking cover images and vibrant inline images, automatically tailored to your document's content.
Learn more about creating documents with Gemini in Google docs.
AI generated charts, insights, and Q&A in the Sheets side panel
Use Gemini in the side panel to help accomplish key workflows in Google Sheets, such as:
- Data Q&A—Answer data questions, generate data insights, and calculate metrics with natural language
- Charting—Generate static charts and graphs in the side panel for insertion into the sheet
Learn more at Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets.
Help me create a form
Help form creators quickly get started with form creation with the help of AI! A form creator can type in what kind of form they want to create in Google Forms and forms uses AI to create a first draft of the form to help the form creator get started quickly.
Learn more about using Gemini in Google Forms.
Get access to Gemini Alpha features
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Generative AI > Gemini for Workspace.
Requires having the Gmail > Settings administrator privilege.
- Click the Alpha features panel.
- At the left, choose one of the following:
- Users–check if a user currently has access to Gemini Alpha.
- Groups–select groups that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how groups work.
- Organizational units–select organizational units that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how organizational units work.
- Click On, and then follow the on-screen prompts to enable Gemini Alpha.
- (Optional) Check the box to allow your organization to participate in Google surveys. This feedback helps to improve features in Gemini.
