Google expands Gemini features across Workspace apps as it pushes wider integration of its AI assistant

First covered Tuesday, March 10, 2026Technology & SocietyWell-covered

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Google announced new Gemini AI features across Google Workspace apps including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
The new Workspace features are designed to help users start and produce work faster by having Gemini generate or assist with drafts, spreadsheets, and presentations inside the apps.
Gemini in Docs can generate a formatted first draft from a user prompt and can use context from sources such as Drive and Gmail (and Google Chat in some descriptions).
Google is adding or expanding Gemini capabilities in Sheets to help create spreadsheets from prompts and assist with organizing or generating structured content.
Google is adding or expanding Gemini capabilities in Slides to help generate presentations (including editable or formatted slide content) from prompts.
Google Drive is getting a Gemini-powered feature that provides AI-generated summaries/overviews in search results to surface key details from relevant files without opening them.
Multiple reports say the features are rolling out in beta and are available to paid Google AI plan subscribers such as AI Pro and AI Ultra (with some access also described via an Alpha program for enterprise customers).

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What’s changing in Google Docs with Gemini?

Google is adding a more prominent Gemini experience in Docs, including a chat-style interface and a “Help me create” workflow that can generate a formatted first draft from a prompt, drawing on context from sources like the web and a user’s Workspace content (such as Drive, Gmail, and Chat). Verge Wired

What is the new Gemini feature in Google Drive search?

When users search in Google Drive, Gemini can provide an AI-generated overview at the top of results that highlights key details from relevant documents and can include an option to ask Gemini follow-up questions. Digital Trends 自由時報

Who gets access to these new Gemini-in-Workspace features first?

Reports describe the rollout as beta and tied to Google’s paid AI subscriptions—commonly cited as Google AI Pro and AI Ultra—with some features also presented to enterprise customers in an early-access Gemini Alpha program; initial availability is described as English-first in several accounts. Economic Times Wired SAPO

Google announced new Gemini AI features across Google Workspace apps including Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
The new Workspace features are designed to help users start and produce work faster by having Gemini generate or assist with drafts, spreadsheets, and presentations inside the apps.
Gemini in Docs can generate a formatted first draft from a user prompt and can use context from sources such as Drive and Gmail (and Google Chat in some descriptions).
Google is adding or expanding Gemini capabilities in Sheets to help create spreadsheets from prompts and assist with organizing or generating structured content.
Google is adding or expanding Gemini capabilities in Slides to help generate presentations (including editable or formatted slide content) from prompts.
Google Drive is getting a Gemini-powered feature that provides AI-generated summaries/overviews in search results to surface key details from relevant files without opening them.
Multiple reports say the features are rolling out in beta and are available to paid Google AI plan subscribers such as AI Pro and AI Ultra (with some access also described via an Alpha program for enterprise customers).

Google expands Gemini features across Workspace apps as it pushes wider integration of its AI assistant

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