Starting today, three Google Gmail AI features, including Help Me Write, Suggested Replies, and AI-generated summaries, will be available for free Google account holders in the United States. This is a significant shift from their previous availability, restricted to Google AI Pro or Ultra users (paid Google One tiers).
To give you a quick idea of the features, Help Me Write can help you draft emails with shorter, text-based commands or proofread and refine the ones you’ve already written.
Turning Gmail into a proactive mailing assistant
This might not be an entirely new feature for smartphone users, though, as on-device AI, such as Apple Intelligence or Galaxy AI, can already process and improve text-based content. For web users, however, it could be a helpful addition.
Then there’s the AI-generated summaries, which provide concise overviews of long or messy email threads at the top of conversations, in ai AI-overview card. So, instead of scrolling through a couple of emails, you can instantly get an idea about the subject of the trail.
Finally, there’s the Personalized Suggested Replies feature, which drafts responses to emails based on your writing style. If you’re okay with the fact that the feature skims through your emails to analyze and recognize your writing style and then generates a response as if it were you, it could be a brilliant addition to your daily mailing chores.
Together, these features strive to reduce the time you spend writing and reading new emails and catching up on the old ones. Instead of you doing all the heavy lifting in your brain, Google wants Gmail to take some of the load, transforming it from a passive inbox to a proactive mailing assistant.
Whether you’re a student, a working professional, or an executive who deals with hundreds of important emails daily, the trio of Gmail AI features can make your life easier. For now, the features are only available for personal account holders in the United States, but they should also expand globally in the near future.