Generative artificial intelligence is just about everywhere at the moment, finding its way into academic papers , student essays , digital ebooks , police reports , tech blogs , and plenty more places besides. It’s now very easy to churn out thousands of words on just about any topic imaginable, with a few clicks and well-chosen prompts—and Google is keen to help users get involved in this AI content production boom, adding writing tools powered by its Gemini chatbot into Gmail, Google Docs, and other apps. Note that, for now, these features are only available if you or your organization is paying for Google Workspace or you’re signed up for a Google One AI Premium plan—but they might well filter down to personal accounts in the future.
Here’s where this Gemini-powered writing assistance pops up, how you can use it, and the ways in which it might be best deployed. Gemini AI in Gmail AI has been around in Gmail for several years now, in features such as Smart Reply and Smart Compose , but the addition of Gemini takes text composition to a whole new level. Start composing a fresh email in Gmail on the web, and you’ll see a little pen with a star next to it on the bottom toolbar: Click on this, and you can enter a prompt for your entire email.
As usual, the more detailed the prompt, the better the results. Once Gemini has done its thinking, you can rank the results with a thumbs up or thumbs down. You can click Insert to accept the text and add any edits you like to .