A nifty new Gmail functionality powered by Google’s Gemini AI has arrived for Google Workspace clients. Beginning Monday, customers can add occasions to a Google Calendar instantly from an e-mail.
Gemini will routinely detect calendar-related content material in an e-mail and current an “Add to calendar” button. After clicking the button, the aspect panel in Gmail will open to verify the occasion has been added to the calendar.
Google notes in a weblog publish that the characteristic is simply obtainable in English and on the internet for now. A calendar occasion created by way of the “Add to calendar” button received’t embrace different visitors, and it additionally received’t seem for emails with already-extract occasions, like restaurant and flight reservations.
Customers on Google Workspace Enterprise and Enterprise tiers, in addition to clients with a Gemini Training, Gemini Training Premium, or Google One AI Premium plan, are eligible for the brand new characteristic. (Customers who beforehand bought the now-deprecated Gemini Enterprise or Gemini Enterprise add-ons are additionally eligible.) Admins can allow “Add to calendar” by switching on sensible options and personalization from the Workspace Admin console.
“Add to calendar” is simply the most recent Gemini-powered instrument to succeed in Gmail inboxes. In June 2024, Google added new capabilities to Gmail on the internet to assist customers write emails and summarize e-mail threads, plus ask questions and discover particular info from emails inside an inbox. A few of these capabilities got here to the Gmail apps for iOS and Android towards the top of final yr.