As announced in May at I/O 2024, the Gemini Q&A panel is now more generally available in Gmail for Android and iOS if you’re part of Workspace Labs. Essentially, this is a more comprehensive version of Gemini for your mobile email.
Until now, Gemini in Gmail for mobile was only included in the Summarize feature, which was fully launched in July, and Help with Writing. Gmail Q&A essentially brings the desktop web sidebar to the Android and iOS apps. The smaller screen size presents an interesting design challenge.
It starts with a new Sparkle icon in the top right corner of the inbox that opens a Gemini leaf. You can type a full prompt while some suggestions are offered. For example, tapping “Show unread emails from today/week” essentially runs a search with the appropriate filters. Notably, the results open in the app rather than as a reply:
The Gemini button also appears in the app bar (next to Archive) when you open an email. This will slide up another sheet where you can type a prompt or use one of the various suggestions.
Previously, the “Combine this email” feature only worked for messages with two or more replies. Now it also works for single emails, which is great for newsletters and other long emails.
Gemini Q&A has a session history, and you can expand the panel to take up the entire screen if needed. There is also an option to “clear history” in the corner.
Starting today, Gmail Q&A is generally available for those participating in the free Workspace Labs: you can join that program here. Over the past few weeks, it has been slowly rolling out to those testers. The next step is to roll out to paid Google One AI Premium subscribers.
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