Google pushing Gemini into Gmail, but you can turn it off

We hope you like more AI in your Gmail inbox, because Google is "bringing Gmail into the Gemini era." It'll be on by default, but the good news is that you can disable it. 

The threat, issued on Thursday by Google's VP of product Blake Barnes, sees the company expanding the reach of a trio of inbox AI features that were previously only available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. You know - the folks who actually wanted the stuff. 

Now, Barnes explained, everyone will be getting a dose of Google's much-derided AI Overviews in their Gmail inbox, along with Help Me Write features and new Suggested Reply features that are supposed to be more contextual, based on a user's writing style, and helpful.

"Just like they do in Google Search, AI Overviews turn information into answers without the digging," Barnes said. "When you open an ...