Gmail Enters ‘Gemini Era’ With AI Inbox, Smart Summaries, and Free Writing Tools

This Thursday, Google announced new Gemini 3-powered AI features for Gmail. First among them is the AI Overviews tool, which summarizes the highlights from lengthy email threads. Users can also ask Gemini questions about their inbox.

When it comes to composing new emails, three writing tools are now available at varying price tiers:

• Help Me Write, available to all users, helps users create or improve their emails from prompts.

• Also free to everyone is Suggested Replies, which offers relevant responses that match the user's writing style.

• Proofread, available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, checks grammar, tone, and style before sending.

Google now prioritizes emails based on frequent contacts and relationships inferred from content, which means Gemini is scanning your messages. But Google clarifies that Gmail messages are not used to train its public Gemini models. Users can disable all AI features in Settings by unchecking the Smart ...