Very soon the “summarize this email” button will be available in Gmail in the Android app. In this way, users will no longer have to read long emails, simply ask the AI for the short version and learn the message more quickly.
The function has been revealed by a series of leaks that we will analyze below and better understand how this new AI tool for Gmail on Android will work. Let's find out more details about this news and when we will have it available to all users.
New Gmail “summarize this email” feature that will save you time
Google has dedicated itself to developing AI tools for its Gmail email service for Android. Currently, he is working on a button that will allow users to obtain a summary of the email and learn the main theme of the text, without having to read it completely. By simply pressing the button, the artificial intelligence will explain what the email is about, highlighting the important aspects.
Thus, users will have a native option in Gmail to help them summarize long and tedious emails without going to other applications and maintain confidentiality. Currently the button AI email summary in the Gmail app It is in an early testing phase.
At the design level, the button will be displayed just below the title of the email, and when it is fully active, functional and once pressed the system will open a pop-up window at the bottom of the screen to show the summary of the email with AI . Some images of this tool have been seen in a message in the X account of the user AssembleDebug, a renowned code search engine. Here we leave you the news:
Gmail app readying 'Summarize this email' feature powered by Gemini AI on Android
Read – https://t.co/clWBLuQs1p#gmail # Android pic.twitter.com/TVtylD37ZH
— AssembleDebug (@AssembleDebug) April 5, 2024
Currently, Google Workspace Labs users can use the Gemini email digest service in the desktop version of the browser. Here the summary is displayed on the right side of the screen, after pressing the button that indicates "What is this message about?" According to the tool's support, the function has certain limitations to email threads with more than two individual responses.
With the function active in the business version of Google, it will surely not take long for them to extend it to other versions. Especially when recent updates to Gmail for Android in version 2024.03.31.621006929 have shown some progress. What do you think of this AI integration in Gmail?