Google rolling out Gemini sidebar for Gmail, but it’s limited to paid users

At the Google I/O 2024, the tech giant announced that it will soon bring Gemini to Gmail and other Google Workspace apps like Docs, Sheets and Drive. As it turns out, the company is now rolling out the Gemini sidebar for Gmail users.

In a blog post, Google says the Gemini sidebar for Gmail can help summarise emails, help draft new emails, suggest responses to a thread, ask questions and find information from emails or files stored on Google Drive. In addition to these functionalities, users can also ask questions like “What was the PO number for my agency?” or “When is the next team meeting?”. However, mobile-exclusive features like Contextual Smart Reply and Gmail Q&A still seem to be on their way.