On the Free tier, Gemini can draft and edit emails when composing or replying. It cannot look at your live inbox or files. On the Paid tiers (like Google AI Plus/Pro or Workspace Business add-ons), Gemini is fully integrated inside your Gmail and Drive tabs, allowing it to read, summarize, and draft things directly from your account.
📧 Gemini in Gmail
| Feature |
Free Tier |
Paid Tiers (Plus / Pro / Enterprise) |
| Drafting Emails |
"Help me write": Native button drafts emails based on prompts directly inside the compose window. |
"Help me write": Native button drafts emails based on prompts directly inside the compose window. |
| Email Summaries |
❌ No access |
Thread Summaries: Instantly condenses long, multi-reply email chains into bullet points. |
| AI Inbox Overview |
❌ No access |
Inbox Q&A: Lets you ask questions across your entire inbox (e.g., "When is my flight information from Delta?"). |
| Suggested Replies |
Contextual, smart AI replies that adapt to the tone of the sender. |
Contextual, smart AI replies that adapt to the tone of the sender. |
| Editing |
Live inline editing to change tone (formal, casual) or fix typos before sending. |
Live inline editing to change tone (formal, casual) or fix typos before sending. |
💾 Gemini in Google Drive
| Feature |
Free Tier |
Paid Tiers (Plus / Pro / Enterprise) |
| File Analysis |
❌ No access |
Ask Gemini Sidepanel: You can open a file sidepanel to ask questions directly about PDFs, Sheets, or Docs. |
| Deep File Overviews |
❌ No access |
AI Overviews: Generates instant summaries of huge documents or folder structures without opening them. |
| Listen to Document Summary |
❌ No access |
Creates spoken audio summary. |
| File Cross-Referencing |
❌ No access |
Cross-references multiple files at once (e.g., "Compare the Q1 PDF budget report with the Q2 spreadsheet"). |
| Base Storage |
15 GB |
Upgraded to 200 GB (Plus) or 2 TB–5 TB (Pro) for all your files and emails. |