GoKawiilGoogle has a slew of new AI features coming to Gmail, including a new AI Inbox that you'll be able to test out soon.
The new Inbox view will provide a snapshot of your most important emails, according to Gemini, so you can easily discern the most important messages while you're sifting through your inbox.
It's no surprise to see Google giving Gmail the Gemini treatment, like AI Mode in Google Search. Gmail is one of the many services from the search giant that's being revamped for the age of AI.
it's not just Google, of course. OpenAI and Microsoft are taking similar measures -- Microsoft is revamping Copilot as an AI companion, and Open AI is launching its own AI browser -- and the industry trends overall are certainly moving in the same direction.
AI Overviews in Gmail Search will allow people to find emails and information using natural language queries. Google
Google is making some AI features freely available to everyone and introducing other new features for its paid Google One subscribers. Read on to learn everything new that's coming to your Gmail inbox.
Free AI features on the way
Let's start with the free features that will come to all consumers who have a Gmail account, whether they access it through the web, or via iOS or Android.
Suggested replies with personalization: Gmail users are likely familiar with Smart Replies, which appear as suggestions when they're replying to an email. These suggestions have been serviceable but rarely perfect, requiring significant edits. The updated version uses AI smarts to better understand the context of the conversation and to offer suggested replies using your personal style and tone.
AI Overviews (thread summaries): These aren't the AI Overviews that took over the top of your Google search, but summarizations of email threads meant to show you what's most important from the conversation without you having to read every single reply.
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