Google is updating Gmail with AI-powered features as part of the Gemini era, designed to help users manage emails more efficiently.
Gmail, used by over 3 billion people, has long incorporated AI for features like Smart Replies and spam filtering, and with increasing email volume, it is now adding tools to summarize messages, assist with composing emails, and prioritize important communications, said Blake Barnes, VP of Product, Gmail.
AI Overviews: Summarize Conversations and Ask Questions
Gmail now provides AI Overviews that summarize lengthy email threads into essential points, and users can ask questions in natural language—like “Who provided a quote for my bathroom renovation last year?”—with Gemini retrieving the relevant details from their emails.
Help Me Write, Suggested Replies, and Proofread
Help Me Write allows users to draft or refine emails. Suggested Replies (an update to Smart Replies) provide context-aware, one-click response suggestions. The new Proofread feature checks grammar, tone, and style.
Next month, Help Me Write will add personalization using context from other Google apps.
AI Inbox: Prioritize Important Emails
AI Inbox filters messages to highlight critical updates and tasks. It identifies VIP contacts based on email patterns and inferred relationships while keeping user data private. Important items like bills or reminders are prioritized over less relevant emails.
Availability
These features, powered by Gemini 3, start rolling out today in the U.S. for Gmail users and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
- AI Overviews conversation summaries: available for all users.
- AI question answering and Proofread: available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.
- AI Inbox: currently available to trusted testers; broader rollout planned.
- Initial rollout is in English, with additional languages and regions planned.