Collaborate with Gemini in Google Chat (Workspace Labs)

With Gemini in Chat, when you have a space or conversation open, you can:

Summarize that space or conversation.
Generate a list of action items from that space or conversation.
Answer specific questions about that space or conversation.

Feature availability:

This feature is available as part of our early access testing program, Learn more about Google Workspace Labs.
To turn off Google Workspace Labs features, exit the Workspace Labs program.
This feature is also available in the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise Alpha.

Get started with Gemini in Chat

On your computer, go to chat.google.com.
- Open the Chat standalone app or Chat in Gmail.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
In the side panel, select a suggested prompt or write your own prompt.
- Tip: If your prompt is focused on a specific conversation or space, you must have that conversation or space open while using Gemini.

Select a suggestion

Select from the list of suggestions.
- To get more options, select More suggestions.
At the bottom, in the prompt box, replace the example text with the information that you want.
Click Enter.

Enter a prompt in Gemini

At the bottom, in the prompt box, enter a prompt.
Click Enter.

Tips:

You can lose your conversation history when:
- You refresh your browser.
- You close and reopen Chat.
- Your computer goes offline.
To remove your conversation history, click More options Clear history.

Explore Gemini in Chat

Action	Description
Ask Gemini	Open Gemini.
More options	Clear your recent Gemini history and ask for more suggestions.
Expand	Make Gemini larger.
Collapse	Return Gemini to its original size.
Close	Close Gemini.
Clear history	Remove all generated text and images you didn’t insert into the document yet.
More suggestions	Find more suggestions from Gemini.
More image suggestions	Find more suggestions of images from Gemini.
Insert	Insert generated text into your Chat.
Copy	Copy a suggestion.
Retry with Google Search	Search on Google for more information about your question or request.
View more	Find more of the response from Gemini.
View less	Minimize the response from Gemini.
Good suggestion	Give positive feedback about a response from Gemini.
Bad suggestion	Report an issue with a response from Gemini.

Things to ask Gemini in Chat

While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to summarize, list action items, or answer specific questions about a conversation you have open. In the side panel, you can use a prompt to collaborate with Gemini in Chat.

Summarize a conversation

While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to summarize a conversation you have open. The conversation should be open while using Gemini in Chat.

In the side panel, you can prompt to ask for a summary or to summarize action items from a conversation that you currently have open.
- Examples:
  - "Summarize this conversation."
  - "What are the key takeaways in this conversation?”
  - After an initial summary is generated, you can ask for a longer summary, "Give me a detailed summary of [topic] discussed in this space."

List action items

While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to list action items from a conversation you have open.

In the side panel, you can prompt to ask for a list of action items from a conversation that you currently have open.
- Examples:
  - "What are the action items in this conversation?”
  - “Are there any action items for me?"
  - “Summarize [person's] action items”

Answer specific questions about a conversation

While using Gemini in Chat, you can ask Gemini to answer questions about a conversation you have open.

In the side panel, you can prompt to ask specific questions about the conversation that you currently have open.
- Examples:
  - “What did [person] say about the timeline extension?”
  - “What’s the decision on the project discussed in this conversation?"

Turn off Gemini in Chat

To turn off any of the features on Google Workspace Labs, you must exit Workspace Labs. If you exit, you’ll permanently lose access to all Workspace Labs features, and you won’t be able to rejoin Workspace Labs. Learn 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.
Enterprise administrators participating in Workspace Labs agree to allow Google to use the organization’s Customer Data, feedback, and metrics on usage to provide, develop, and improve Workspace services.
Google will access Customer Data for Workspace improvements and process Customer Data in an aggregated and/or pseudonymized form to improve Workspace services. Pseudonymization and aggregation are standard data processing techniques to make identification of an individual, enterprise, entity, or device unlikely.
Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
Your conversations with Gemini in Chat are not saved to Gemini Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Chat conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Activity.
Generated images are for use only within Chat.
Workspace Labs generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Chat, and may not represent real world situations.