Google Docs just gave Gemini four new AI tricks to speed up editing
Google Workspace is adding four new Gemini-powered features to Google Docs that help manage comments. Users can ask Gemini to summarize comment threads, identify unresolved issues, generate new comments, and draft context‑aware replies using files in Drive. These tools aim to streamline collaboration and reduce the time spent handling comment overload.
- ▪Google Docs will roll out four Gemini-driven comment functionalities.
- ▪Gemini can summarize entire comment threads on request.
- ▪It can extract unresolved issues by natural‑language prompts.
- ▪Gemini can draft new comments and contextually relevant replies, leveraging files stored in Google Drive.
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Anyone who’s collaborated on a shared doc knows the horror of opening it to find forty unresolved comments from six different people. Google just handed over the job of sorting through that mess to Gemini. So what can Gemini actually do with your comments now? Google Workspace is rolling out four new Gemini-powered comment features in Google Docs. You can ask Gemini to summarize entire comment threads or, even better, pull out unresolved issues by typing a prompt in natural language that says, “What are the unresolved issues based on the comments?” Google It can also add comments on your behalf, drafting requests like asking a teammate to verify specific stats.
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