I tried Gmail's new Gemini Flows feature, and it's a huge filter improvement (with one big catch)

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Gmail Flows can now use AI to process incoming email.

Google Workspace and paying AI users get the new tools.

The monthly processing limits may cripple heavy inboxes.

The Goog giveth and the Goog taketh awayeth. I just found a cool new AI feature in Gmail that could prove indispensable for folks with a lot of email. That's the giveth. But the feature is quite limited by how many emails it will process before it just stops. That's the taketh awayeth.

Back in December, Google announced Google Workspace Studio, a tool for automating a variety of tasks inside the platform. Of course, you needed a Workspace account for this to be available. At least then. Now, Studio is open to more users.

Workspace Studio for everyone (mostly)

As of my article on Gemini in Gmail from back in April, Workspace Studio Flows (Google's name for the little mini-scripts) was not available to my $20/mo Google AI Pro plan account. Last week, though, I noticed a new icon at the top of my Gmail interface.

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