Google is launching conversational AI features within Docs, Gmail, and Keep that let users ask questions about their inboxes and documents as well as do tasks using natural-language queries and dictation. The company previewed these features in May during its Google I/O conference. The company is dubbing these features Docs Live, Gmail Live, and Keep Live.
In Gmail, instead of typing in a search box, you can ask questions to a Gemini-powered AI assistant about the contents of your inbox. Users will see a live transcript while chatting with the assistant. While using Docs, users can describe what they want to write, and the AI assistant will help them create a first draft. It can also get information from Gmail, Drive, chat, and the web to create drafts.
Keep Live, meanwhile, lets you use it as a scratchpad to jot down notes without typing, and can even pull together recipes and lists if you tell it to, for example, list ingredients to make a shakshouka. Gmail Live is available for Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra customers. Docs Live and Keep Live are available for Google AI Pro and Ultra users. All these features will be available in English on iOS and Android.
Google has been introducing voice-based features across its apps. It added cross-app dictation to its Mac app in April. And the Pixel 11 smartphones got a Gemini-powered dictation tool called Rambler last month, which removes filler words from your speech. In August, the company introduced the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model for speech-to-text use cases.
These features are out of beta and available for all Google AI subscribers. Gmail, Docs and Keep Live are now out of beta and are generally available to paying Google AI subscribers. Google started beta testing Gmail Live in June as part of the company's efforts to replicate the experience of using Gemini Live on its popular apps.
You can use Gmail Live to look for specific information in your emails using natural language. It understands questions like "When is my kid's next school event?" and answer follow-up inquiries, such as "Does he need to bring anything for the field trip?" Like real conversations, you can interrupt Gmail Live and change the subject or switch gears anytime, if you have other questions. The feature will display the transcript on screen so you can read it, as well as link to email sources.
As you can guess, Docs Live can help you organize your thoughts and structure your document, based on what you tell it. If you decide to give it permission to access your Drive and Chat, it can also draw information from there, in addition to your Gmail account and the web, to write a draft for you. You'll be able to access Docs Live on Android and iOS if you have a Google AI Pro or Ultra plan.
Finally, Keep Live can write up lists and notes based on what you say out loud. It can understand what you mean even if you don't give it explicit instructions, such as listing grocery items under "ingredients for pesto pasta" without you telling it to or adding more items to your existing grocery list. This one is Android only for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, at least for now.
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