Gmail Reportedly Begins Rolling Out Gemini AI ‘Insert’ Button on Android

Gmail for Android is reportedly including an ‘Insert’ button to its Gemini assistant. The synthetic intelligence (AI) function has been a part of the online model of Gemini in Gmail since final yr, however it was thus far lacking from the Android app. As per the report, the function is lastly being rolled out to all Android units. This function follows the addition of Google Calendar assist in Gmail’s Gemini assistant in November 2024. Notably, customers might want to buy a Gemini Advanced subscription to see the function.

Gmail’s Android App Reportedly Gets a New Gemini Feature

So far, customers with entry to Gemini in Gmail on Android may generate replies for emails utilizing the AI chatbot, nevertheless, the urged reply must be manually added to the e-mail draft. Users may both copy the generated textual content from the Gemini interface after which paste it to the e-mail draft, or kind the response themselves. In each eventualities, the method was cumbersome and made the reply suggestion function much less usable.

This was not the case on the net model of Gmail, the place customers had entry to the Insert button since final yr. Now, in accordance with an Android Authority report, the Insert button is lastly being rolled out to the Android app of Gmail. The addition was reportedly made with Gmail for Android model 2025.01.05.715468168.

Insert button in Gmail’s Android app
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A video shared by the publication exhibits that the Insert button will likely be seen subsequent to the Like and Dislike icons on the bottom-right aspect of Gemini’s generated responses. The diagonal arrow-shaped icon is claimed to be positioned on the left of the copy icon, and it may possibly instantly add the AI-generated textual content to the e-mail draft. After that, customers can rapidly make any modifications to the textual content and ship it.

The new Insert instrument is a part of Gemini in Gmail’s “Suggest a reply” function. The Google-developed AI platform may summarise emails, discover data from previous emails, and even add occasions to Google Calendar. The latter is feasible attributable to an integration between Gemini and Google Calendar rolled out late final yr.

The integration additionally permits people to ask Gemini queries about Google Calendar, in addition to ask it to create an occasion. Events can be created by extracting data from explicit emails.