Something new is coming to the top of your emails.
Gmail for mobile is about to get a new layer of Generative AI for your inbox. Google is now beginning to roll out automatic AI-generated summaries for emails. This move is the latest sign that Google is shifting Gemini from being just an option to becoming the default assistant for anyone with a Google account.
Until this change, you could also get a quick overview of a lengthy email thread. However, you had to tap on the « Summarize this email » button to prompt Gemini to summarize it. Now, you won’t need this step to get the summary.
The Gmail app for both Android and iPhone will automatically display a summary card at the top of certain emails. The key here is that Gemini would decide when this might be helpful, and it should typically do it for longer conversations or threads that contain more than one response.
The summary will be shown as concise bullet points. Of course, those will update dynamically when new replies are added to the conversation. The aim here is to keep you informed without you having to scroll through the entire conversation.
For now, the change is rolling out to Google Workspace users, Gemini Education add-on users, and Google One AI Premium subscribers. It’s currently limited to emails written in English – and only on mobile.
