Artificial intelligence– and in particular generative IA—The contact to make your way in all aspects of digital life, with various degrees of success. One of Google’s latest updates adds The Gemini AI chatbot to Gmail on Android And iOSThis means that you can ask questions about anything in your reception box.
For example, you may want a summary of a discussion that you have had with your boss or need a reminder at the moment when a next camping trip really occurs. For queries like these, Gemini can dive into your messaging sons and remove the salient details for you. It’s called Gmail Q&R.
This is distinct from the gemini text creation tools that you get when composition of emails in Gmail on the web, and – for time, at least it is exclusive to those with a google workspace paid account or a Google One AI Premium Plan Subscription. If you qualify, here is how you can start.
How to launch Gmail Q&A
![Gemini screenshot asking](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/01-ask.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![Gemini screenshot asking](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/01-ask.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
Open Gmail on Android or iOS (Note: it is not available on the web), and you will see a little black Star Up at the top right, next to the search bar: the familiar gemini logo. Press this icon to launch Gmail Q&A, and you will see a contextual window with a prompt box, as well as some suggestions on what you might want to do afterwards (see all the non-read emails today, by example).
There are a few other ways to launch gemini and Q&R Gmail inside these applications. If you press an individual e-mail thread, you will see the Gemini icon is at the top but more towards the center, and you can also launch questions and answers. You can also press the Summarize this email Link at the top, if this is displayed.
The questions you ask are all kept together in the same list of activities, even if you switch between individual emails and more general summaries. They also seem to be stored locally on your device rather than entering with Google servers and your more general gemini history (that you can find on the web here), although Google has not confirmed it.
You will see that when the Gemini start to respond to your requests, you can assess the answers you get with the thumbs up or the icons of the thumb. You can also use the copy icon (two rectangles) to send the text to the clipboard and another application. To wipe your gemini’s history for the Gmail application, press the icon showing two arrows in a circle at the top of the context panel, then choose Clear.
“Gmail Q&R can help you answer specific questions about your emails, show you unrelated messages or messages from a specific sender, summarize emails on a subject in your reception box, and Even to answer general research questions, all without having to leave your reception box “,” Explain Google.
Use Gmail Q&R in your reception box
![Gemini screenshot answering the question](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/02-summary.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
![Gemini screenshot answering the question](https://www.popsci.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/02-summary.jpg?strip=all&quality=85)
There are all kinds of ways to use Gmail questions and answers based on gemini in your reception box. It can answer almost any questions you can think of, at least to a certain extent. As with other types of AI prompts, the more information you can provide on what you are looking for, the better the results are likely to be.
For example, try “Tell me about the emails I had in the last week” and Gemini will try to summarize everything you have received in a digestible format. Note that at the bottom of each answer, you will get a Sources List – Type on this subject to see emails from information on information and examine it individually.
You can also be more precise. A question like “show me non-read emails of …” followed by an e-mail address will indeed refer these messages and is similar to the search tools already available in Gmail. The responses to prompts like this are displayed in the main Gmail application, rather than staying in the superposition area.
The functionality has even occurred when you are more ambitious. With the request “What is the name of the hotel I reserved in Hackney?” The AI was able to find the relevant emails in my reception box and tell me the correct hotel name. If the information is somewhere in your reception box, there is a good chance that Gmail Q&A can remove it.
That said, we know that AI is always able to hallucinate sometimes. There is no guarantee that he will withdraw the right emails or summarize the right pieces of information. If you ask important questions, it is a good idea to reveal that the Gemini work (which you can do by following the Sources Link at the end of certain responses, for example).