Collaborate with Gemini in Google Chat
With Gemini in Chat, you can:
- Find information from any conversation in Chat.
- Generate detailed summaries of specific topics discussed in a space or file.
Feature availability:
- This feature requires an eligible Google Workspace subscription. Learn about Gemini features and plans.
- Learn about supported languages for Google Workspace with Gemini.
- If you're an Alpha user, you may not have access to the side panel in Google Chat. Learn more about Ask Gemini in Google Chat.
- If you have access to Ask Gemini in Google Chat, you can access Gemini collaboration tools with Ask Gemini. Learn more about Ask Gemini in Google Chat.
Get started with Gemini in Chat
👁 Get started with Gemini in Chat
To summarize, generate action items, or answer questions about any space or conversation, use Gemini in Chat.
- On your computer, go to chat.google.com.
- Open the Chat standalone app or Chat in Gmail.
- At the top right, click Ask Gemini 👁 Image
.
- Select from the list of suggestions.
- To get more options, select More suggestions.
- At the bottom, in the prompt box, replace the example text with the information that you want.
- Click Enter.
- At the bottom, in the prompt box, enter a prompt.
- Click Enter.
Tips:
- You can lose your conversation history when:
- You refresh your browser.
- You close and reopen Chat.
- Your computer goes offline.
- To remove your conversation history, click More options 👁 Image
👁 and then
Clear history.
Explore Gemini in Chat
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Action |
Description |
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Ask Gemini 👁 Image |
Open Gemini. |
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More options 👁 Image |
Clear your recent Gemini history and ask for more suggestions. |
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Expand 👁 Image |
Make Gemini larger. |
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Collapse 👁 Image |
Return Gemini to its original size. |
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Close 👁 Image |
Close Gemini. |
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Clear history 👁 Image |
Remove all generated text and images. |
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More suggestions 👁 Image |
Find more suggestions from Gemini. |
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More image suggestions 👁 Image |
Find more suggestions of images from Gemini. |
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Insert 👁 Image |
Insert generated text into your Chat. |
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Copy 👁 Image |
Copy a suggestion. |
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Retry with Google Search 👁 Image |
Search on Google for more information about your question or request. |
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View more 👁 Image |
Find more of the response from Gemini. |
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View less 👁 Image |
Minimize the response from Gemini. |
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Good suggestion 👁 Image |
Give positive feedback about a response from Gemini. |
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Bad suggestion 👁 Image |
Report an issue with a response from Gemini. |
Things to ask Gemini in Chat
While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to summarize, list action items, or answer specific questions about a conversation. In the side panel, you can use a prompt to collaborate with Gemini in Chat.
While using Gemini in Chat, you can ask Gemini to search through your entire chat history to answer questions about a conversation.
- In the side panel, you can ask specific questions about conversations from your chat history and find citations.
- Examples:
- “What did [leader name] announce to the team yesterday?”
- “What’s the decision on the project discussed in this conversation?"
- Examples:
While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to search through your entire chat history to summarize a conversation.
- In the side panel, you can prompt to ask for a summary or to summarize action items from your chat history.
- Examples:
- "Summarize my unread messages."
- "What are the key takeaways in this conversation?”
- After an initial summary is generated, you can ask for a longer summary, "Give me a detailed summary of [topic] discussed in this space."
- Examples:
You can use Gemini to summarize a file within a conversation if:
- A message isn’t blocked.
- File types shared as Drive links in Google Chat are:
- Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- .csv
- .txt
- Zip files
- Microsoft Office formats, like:
- .docx (Word)
- .xlsx (Excel)
- .pptx (PowerPoint)
- Download restrictions are off for the file.
To summarize a file:
- On your computer, open Google Chat or Gmail.
- In Gmail: On the left, click Chat.
- Select a direct message or space with a file in the conversation.
- Under the file, click 👁 Image
Summarize this file.
While using Gemini in Chat, you can use Gemini to list action items from any conversation.
- In the side panel, you can prompt to ask for a list of action items.
- Examples:
- "What are the action items in this conversation?”
- “Are there any action items for me?"
- “Summarize [person's] action items”
- Examples:
Give feedback on generated output
Google Workspace with Gemini is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request. Because feedback may be human readable, please do not submit data that contains personal, confidential, or sensitive information.
If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can submit feedback. Your feedback can help improve AI-assisted Workspace features and broader Google efforts in AI.
- Below the generated output, select Good suggestion 👁 Image
or Bad suggestion 👁 Image
. - In the pop-up window, you can select the data you want to share along with your feedback, including prompts, additional context, and outputs. If you don’t want to share certain data, you can uncheck it.
- If you select Bad suggestion 👁 Image
, select Next to select the issue you found and enter additional feedback.
- If you select Bad suggestion 👁 Image
- Select Submit.
To provide general feedback about Gemini, at the top, click Help 👁 Help & Feedback
👁 and then
Send feedback to Google.
To report a legal issue, create a request.
Learn about Gemini feature suggestions
- Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
- Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
- Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
- Your conversations with Gemini in Chat are not saved to Gemini Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Chat conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Activity.