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TL;DR
- Google is rolling out calendar integration for the Gemini facet panel in Gmail.
- The function will let customers add new occasions to their calendar or get details about present occasions.
- The calendar integration is rolling out to Google Workspace customers in the mean time.
Google added a brand new Gemini facet panel in Gmail for the online earlier this yr, permitting customers to make the most of the chatbot to carry out numerous duties. Along with providing summaries of an e-mail thread, suggesting responses, making ready drafts, and answering questions on particular data in emails, the Gemini facet panel additionally lets customers carry out duties in different Workspace apps, like Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive with out leaving Gmail. Google is now including one other integration to the combo to let customers carry out calendar-related actions inside Gmail.
Google introduced the brand new integration in a current Workspace Updates weblog, revealing that Gmail’s Gemini facet panel will now let customers create new calendar occasions and fetch particulars about present occasions.
The publish highlights just a few pattern prompts, together with:
- When is my [first event] subsequent week?
- Create a [30 min] calendar occasion for my weekly [yoga class] each [Monday and Wednesday] at [9 AM].
- Create a [1h] occasion for [lunch] [tomorrow] at [noon].
The calendar integration is a useful addition, but it surely has just a few limitations. Google says that Gemini in Gmail can’t add or take away visitors from occasions or create occasions from data in an e-mail. The calendar integration additionally doesn’t provide the flexibility to tug up attachments or RSPVs associated to a gathering, discover the most effective time to fulfill with individuals or discover time slots if you’re obtainable to fulfill, create duties, an out-of-office, focus occasions, or set working areas, and add or handle assembly rooms.
Google plans so as to add these options in a future replace, however the firm has not shared a tentative launch timeline. The Gemini in Gmail calendar integration is rolling out to Workspace clients with a Gemini Enterprise, Enterprise, Training, or Training Premium add-on. It’s also obtainable for Workspace customers with a Google One AI Premium plan.