Gmail , Drive, and Chat can now serve as sources of information for reports created by Gemini's artificial intelligence (Deep Research).
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The AI assistant can now pull data from your emails and documents when running “Deep Research” queries. announcement blog called the upgrade “one of the most requested features” for Gemini Deep Research, which is a feature designed specifically for creating research reports rather than simply answering questions. The chatbot starts by creating a research plan and then runs a series of web searches to generate a report, which you can ask to be edited with additional information or export the entire report to a Google Doc or AI-generated podcast.
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Gemini Deep Research: Connecting to Gmail, Drive and Chat
Google says of the new connection between Deep Research and Workspace products: “Now you can start a market analysis for a new product by having Deep Research analyze your team’s initial ideation documents, related email threads , and project plans. Or you can create a report on a competing product that crosses public web data with your strategies, comparison sheets, and team conversations.”
Once “Deep Research” is selected in Gemini’s prompt bar, users can choose which of four options they want Gemini to use: a regular Google Search, Gmail, Drive, and/or Chat. This means your Gmail emails, Docs, Slides, Sheets, and PDFs in Drive, and chat files — if you use Google Chat — will provide the context for Google’s AI model.
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For now, it's only available on desktop, but Google says it will soon start rolling out to mobile devices in the coming days.
