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Gmail users on Android devices can now chat directly with Google's AI assistant

Gemini about their emails in the Gmail app.

Google rolled out the new feature, Gmail Q&A on Thursday to users who pay for Gemini, according to a blog post,

and announced the feature would be coming to iOS devices.

Now, with Gmail-Q&A, users can access Google Gemini in the Gmail app as a personal assistant that can read

your entire email inbox. Google says you can ask Gemini to summarize emails by stating things

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