Help me write on Chromebook Plus

With this feature, you can:

Write thank-you notes and social media posts.
Rephrase your text to be more fluent and concise.
Change length and tone.
Get writing suggestions.
Create a draft.
Rewrite existing text.

What you need

Important: You must be on a Chromebook Plus device.

To use this feature, make sure that you're:

Located in Australia, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom or the United States.
At least 18 years old.
Using it on an English page with less than or equal to 400 characters.
Signed into your Google Account.

Currently, this feature is only available in these languages:

Danish
Dutch
English (United Kingdom)
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Norwegian
Portuguese
Spanish
Swedish

Turn on Help me write

If you receive a notification about Help me write:

Right-click on the text box.
- You'll get a 'Write faster and with more confidence' notification.
Select Try it.
- If you don’t want to use Help me write, select No thanks.
When you get the reminder, select Got it.

If you decline the original Help me write notification but would like to try it:

On your Chromebook, at the bottom right, select the time.
Select Settings .
On the left, select System preferences.
Under 'Search and Assistant', turn on Help me write.

Get writing suggestions

Get writing suggestions with Help me write

To create a draft:

Right-click in the text box.
- Make sure you don’t select any text.
In the 'Help me write' card, enter a prompt.
- The prompt is the instruction to the Help me write tool about what to write for you.
Select the arrow button or, on your keyboard, press Enter.
Select from the generated writing suggestions.
- You can also further refine a suggestion to shorten, elaborate, add emojis, make it sound more formal or rephrase it.
Select Insert.

To rewrite existing text:

In a text box, highlight the text that you want to rewrite.
In the text box, right-click.
In the 'Rewrite' card, select a predefined prompt like Rephrase, Emojify, Shorten, Elaborate, Formalise or enter a custom prompt.
- The prompt is the instruction to the Help me write tool about how to rewrite the text for you.
Select the arrow button or, on your keyboard, press Enter.
Select from the generated writing suggestions.
- You can also further refine a suggestion to shorten, elaborate, add emojis, make it sound more formal or rephrase it.
Select Replace.

Tips:

You can rate the writing suggestion. In the 'Help me write' box, select Thumbs up or Thumbs down .
If the writing suggestion didn’t meet your needs, you can provide your feedback when you select Thumbs down .

Troubleshoot: Help me write errors

Can’t find Help me write in the context menu

If there’s no 'Help me write' in the context menu, the app may have a custom right-click menu. In apps that have a custom right-click menu, Help me write isn’t available.

Not enough text or too much text

When your text length isn’t supported, you’ll get an error message. Try a different page.

Unsupported language or unreadable prompts

If the info you enter is in an unsupported language or is unreadable, you’ll get an error message.

Server at capacity

Currently, Generative AI is experimental, in early development and has limited availability. If the server is at capacity, it can’t process your request. Try again at a later time.

About Help me write

Important:

Help me write doesn’t provide medical, legal or financial advice.
When you use Help me write, do not include personal information like:
- Name
- Phone
- Address
- National Insurance number
- Credit card information
Your input won’t be used by Chrome OS for model training.
Do not use this tool on sites that contain personal or sensitive information like medical or financial sites.

To help you write more easily and effectively across the web, you can use Help me write, an experimental and creative writing aid that uses Generative AI.

Suggestions from Help me write might be inaccurate or offensive since it’s still in experimental status. Check Help me write suggestions before you accept them.

Help me write never submits text for you. When you insert a suggestion, it appears in the text box where you activated the feature. However, you must choose if you want to submit it, edit it, delete it or simply close the webpage without taking any action.

How your data is used by Help me write

When you use Help me write, the text, content and URL of the page you're writing on will be sent to Google. As per Google’s Privacy Policy, this information is used to improve this feature, which includes generative model research and machine learning technologies. This information is also used to offer more contextual writing suggestions. Learn more about:

For example, Google uses your feedback to improve safety policies and help address some of the challenges with large language models. You agree that your use of Help me write is subject to the Google Terms of Service.

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