Google rolls out Gemini AI in side panel for Gmail and other workspace apps

Google has started rolling out Gemini AI in the side panel of workspace apps such as Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive, as announced during the I/O developers conference in May. The US-based software giant has made the Gemini AI available on the side panel on Gmail for web, too.

Google said that leveraging Gemini in side panel, users can summarise, analyse and generate content based on insights from emails, documents and more without having to switch apps or tabs. Additionally, the side panel will use Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro model with a larger context window and improved reasoning.