The company suggests the feature could be used to ask business-related questions about topics typically shared in emails, like those about performance improvements, project milestones, invoices, comments on decks, trip details, and more with straightforward answers.

The AI Overview will create an instant summary pulled from across multiple emails and conversations.

While not everyone prefers to have AI as their first step to finding an answer, it is rapidly becoming the norm, both within Google’s products and elsewhere on the web.

In this case, Google says the AI Overviews in Gmail will be the default setting if the company has Gemini for Workspace in Gmail enabled, and if Workspace Intelligence access to Gmail is enabled. (End users must have “Smart features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet” and “Google Workspace smart features” enabled, too.)