Gemini can write emails, take meeting notes and run recurring tasks

Google's AI assistant Gemini can help in a wide range of the apps many people use for work every day. According to Google's own help page, it spans everything from emails and documents to spreadsheets, meetings and videos.

Help in the familiar apps

In Gmail, Gemini can write and polish emails, summarize long email threads, suggest replies and help schedule meetings. In Docs, it can write and edit text, create images and make audio versions of documents.

In Sheets, Gemini has AI functions for generating text, automatically filling in data patterns and pulling insights out of spreadsheets. In Slides, it can create images and entire presentations and remove the background from images. In Drive, it can summarize files, organize folders and search in plain language.

In the video meeting app Meet, Gemini can take meeting notes automatically, translate speech in real time and improve video quality. In Chat, it can summarize and translate conversations and answer questions about the chat history. In Forms, it can create questions and sort open-ended responses by theme, and in Vids it can create AI avatars, video clips, voiceovers and music.

Recurring tasks and custom shortcuts

According to the news site Engadget, which has tested the features, Gemini can also run scheduled actions. One example is a task every morning at 7:30 a.m. that uses Calendar and Maps to estimate travel time between the day's appointments. Another is a daily news roundup on a chosen topic. No more than 10 scheduled actions can be created, and the travel time estimate may not account for current traffic.

Users can also save reusable instructions as so-called skills and call them up by typing /skillname. According to Engadget, support for @ is on the way.

Gemini Spark is a paid feature that requires AI Pro or Ultra, along with connected Gmail, Calendar and Drive. According to Engadget, it can summarize emails, create to-do lists and add appointments to the calendar. It is designed to ask before doing anything major. The information about Spark comes from Engadget and has not been checked against Google's own support page.

A subscription is required

Work accounts require an eligible Workspace plan: Business Standard or Plus, Enterprise Standard or Plus, or Frontline Plus. Personal accounts need Google AI Plus, Pro or Ultra. Users must be at least 18 years old, and according to Google, some features are not available in all languages.

On data, Google says that content stays within the organization and is not used to train models without permission. Features and requirements may change and vary by region, language and plan.