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Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) has started including Gemini in the side panel of Gmail this week, joining the technological wave of integrating artificial intelligence assistants into applications.
The Gemini 1.5 Pro model summarizes email threads, suggests responses, helps draft emails and can pull information from emails within the inbox and from Google Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides.
First revealed during last month’s Google I/O event, the company began releasing it this week on web-based Gmail for Rapid Release domains, with Scheduled Release domains to see the rollout beginning on July 8.
The Gmail mobile app will see a gradual, 15-day rollout, which started June 24.
It is available for Google Workspace customers with Gemini Business and Enterprise add-on; Gemini Education and Education Premium add-on; and Google One AI Premium.
Adding AI assistants to products is the current trend among several Magnificent 7 companies this year. Earlier this month, Apple (AAPL) revealed plans to introduce AI across its product line.
Meta (META) also began rolling out its Meta AI assistant on WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook this year, powered by the large language model Llama 3.
And Microsoft (MSFT) is also integrating its Copilot AI assistant across its installed Windows base of more than 1B users.
Google edged up about 1.5% by afternoon trading on Tuesday.