Gmail AI Now Answers Your Inbox Questions

Google is expanding its AI-powered features within Gmail, introducing a new conversational AI functionality called Gmail Live. This enhancement allows users to ask natural language questions directly to their inbox, moving beyond traditional keyword searches. The Gemini AI-powered tool is designed to quickly locate information such as flight details, appointment times, or event specifics.

Gmail Live can handle follow-up questions and interruptions, making it a more interactive way to manage email content. This initiative aims to demonstrate AI's practical applications in everyday products. The feature was showcased by asking about a child's school project and travel plans, retrieving granular details like room numbers. Similar voice technology is also headed to Google Keep.

This AI inbox experience, initially available to Google AI Ultra subscribers, will eventually extend to Pro and Plus tiers, offering an overview of inbox items. The voice-powered Gmail Live feature, however, will roll out later this summer, starting exclusively with Google AI Ultra subscribers. This new option complements, rather than replaces, traditional Gmail search functionality.