Productivity AutomationAugments Human LaborVerified
Reviewed and published by trentmaziarz, March 18, 2026. Discovered and drafted by our automated research pipeline.
Google has embedded AI writing and automation tools throughout its Workspace productivity suite — including Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, and Drive — allowing users to draft emails, summarize documents, generate images, transcribe meetings, and automate routine tasks using natural language prompts. As of April 2025, Gemini in Workspace provides business users with more than 2 billion AI assists every month.
Details
Originally launched as 'Duet AI' in May 2023 and generally available by August 2023, the product was rebranded 'Gemini for Workspace' in February 2024. Starting in January 2025, AI features were bundled into base Workspace Business and Enterprise plans at no additional add-on cost. Key features include 'Help Me Write' in Gmail and Docs, automatic meeting note-taking in Meet, a Gemini side panel across apps, Workspace Flows (an AI agent for automating multi-step processes launched April 2025), and a 'Help me create' experience in Docs that synthesizes content from Drive, Gmail, and Chat. Gemini in Workspace serves more than 10 million businesses.
Products affected
GmailGoogle DocsGoogle SheetsGoogle SlidesGoogle MeetGoogle DriveGoogle VidsGoogle Chat
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Other practices by Google
ProductivityGoogle deployed NotebookLM, an AI tool that lets users upload documents and research material to get AI-generated summaries, study guides, presentations, and a realistic 'Audio Overview' podcast featuring two AI voices discussing the uploaded content. As of March 2026, NotebookLM also generates 'Cinematic Video Overviews' and is available across personal, business, and education accounts.Creative GenGoogle's advertising platform offers AI tools that automatically generate text headlines, ad descriptions, and creative asset combinations for advertisers using Performance Max and AI Max, reducing the need to manually write every ad variant. AI Max specifically generates new text by analyzing the advertiser's landing page content.ProductivityNotebookLM is a Google AI tool that allows users to upload documents, research papers, or other source material and have AI generate summaries, ask questions, create study guides, and even produce a realistic-sounding audio podcast ("Audio Overview") in which two AI voices discuss the material.
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