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Android Authority found a hidden, in-development version of Gmail's Ask Gemini tool in app version 2026.10.26.1009152371.release that replaces the current bottom sheet with a pill-shaped floating overlay resembling the standalone Gemini app. The overlay includes an expandable grab handle, voice input with a stop button, and a plus menu offering options to add files from Drive or adjust Gemini search settings.
Google has enabled Gemini AI features by default across Gmail, including email summaries, to-do list creation, reply drafting and AI search. These features require Gemini to read email content to function, though Google maintains the data is used only for those specific tasks rather than broader model training. Users can disable the integration through account settings if they prefer Gemini not to access their inbox.
Google has launched a stable version of an enhanced autofill feature in Chrome that uses Gemini and Personal Intelligence to pull relevant details from a user's Gmail account, such as order numbers, tracking information, and flight bookings. The feature is now available to eligible Gemini Personal Intelligence users in the US across desktop, Android, and iOS, after previously being tested only in Chrome Canary.
Google announced an update to Chrome's autofill feature that uses AI to scan users' Gmail for information like flight confirmation numbers, membership IDs, tracking numbers, addresses and phone numbers to fill out online forms. The feature, part of Google's Personal Intelligence suite that also powers Gemini, is opt-in and rolling out to U.S. desktop users and the iOS and Android Gemini-in-Chrome apps, with Google saying sensitive data is encrypted.
Google is rolling out an update to Chrome's enhanced autofill that uses Gemini with Personal Intelligence to pull details from a user's Gmail, such as tracking numbers, flight or hotel bookings, and order numbers. The feature begins rolling out today in the US on desktop, Android, and iOS, building on last year's addition of autofill data from Google Accounts and Google Wallet.
Google revised its privacy policy effective October 16, 2026 to clarify that Gmail, Drive and Photos content remains excluded from ad personalization by default, but connecting those services to Personal Intelligence—an opt-in feature letting Google's AI search draw on linked apps—can change that. Google says the content itself is never shown to advertisers, and sensitive topics like health remain off-limits, but ads shown through AI Mode can reflect what a user's question and the AI's answer were about.
Google's privacy policy, updated October 16, now qualifies its longstanding promise not to personalize ads based on Gmail, Drive or Photos content. The exception applies to users who opt into Personal Intelligence, letting Gemini and AI Mode pull context from those apps, and Google's support page confirms that resulting summaries and inferences can feed into ad personalization. Google says advertisers still can't access the apps directly, and sensitive categories like health or religion remain excluded from targeting.
Google revised its privacy policy on October 16, softening language that previously guaranteed Gmail, Drive, and Photos content would never personalize ads. The new wording leaves room for that data to influence ads once it's shared with other Google services through the opt-in Personal Intelligence feature, which feeds personal data into Gemini, AI Overviews, and AI Mode search.
Google's revised privacy policy states that services like Search and Gemini can access data from other Google products, including Gmail, Drive, and Google Photos, to personalize experiences, which may include ads. The policy gives an example where a Search query could lead to related ads appearing on YouTube, depending on user settings.
Google has begun bringing its Gemini Personal Intelligence feature, which lets the assistant draw on data from linked Google apps like Gmail, to Android Auto. The rollout starts globally today, excluding Switzerland, the EEA, UK and Nigeria, and the company plans to extend it to cars with Google built-in in coming months.
Google has launched Gmail Live, a conversational voice search feature for Gmail that lets AI plan subscribers ask natural-language questions to find information buried in emails, such as flight gate numbers or school updates. The company is also rolling out related tools, Docs Live and Keep Live, which use voice input to draft documents and organize notes respectively. All three features exit beta this week, having first been shown at Google I/O last month.
Google has outlined how Gemini Spark, an always-on AI agent available to Gemini Pro and Ultra subscribers, can run tasks in the background even when a user's devices are off. Capabilities include summarizing a week's worth of emails, building to-do lists, and automatically adding appointments to a calendar, provided users enable connections to Gmail, Calendar and Drive, which are off by default. Google states Spark checks with users before taking major actions, and notes some features may not be available in all regions.