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Google has released a host of new work-focused, AI-powered features aimed at making people more productive.
The new tools were introduced at Google’s “Cloud Next” event and are coming to Google Workspace, the company’s suite of professional tools. This includes Google Docs and Sheets, as well as the professional version of Gmail.
The new tools include an “instant polish” tool aimed at reducing the effort of sending emails. People can just write messy notes in a draft and have artificial intelligence sort it into a properly written message, the company said.
It showed an example where someone had half-written an email that contained incorrect line breaks and abbreviations. The system then cleaned up those words, expanded the abbreviation, and added the usual formalities of an email such as the signature and greeting.
Google had previously revealed a feature called Help Me Write on Gmail, through which users can ask an AI to write their email. Users can simply request a message inviting someone for coffee and have the system write it on their behalf, for example.
These tools are part of “Gemini in Gmail,” which brings its AI system to the email client. They will be available to subscribers to the professional versions of Gemini, as well as to those who are part of the “Google One AI Premium” suite, which gives privileged access to Gmail tools.
Other new features include a “Vids” app arriving in June. This will create a storyboard that can then be quickly edited into video, including stock footage and voiceover, intended to make it easier to quickly create videos for work.
Google also unveiled new AI security tools, automatic transcription for more languages in Google Meet, and automated ways to organize information in Sheets and Docs.
