On Tuesday, Google unveiled a range of new AI features powered by Gemini for Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive. These additions allow users to generate fully formatted first drafts, slides, and spreadsheets rapidly by pulling information from their Gmail, Chat, and Drive accounts. The goal is to make these applications more personalized and efficient, enabling users to accomplish tasks more quickly directly within the platforms without switching to an external tool or chatbot.

A new "Help me create" feature in Docs lets users describe what they want to produce. Gemini will then follow those instructions and gather relevant data from Drive, Gmail, and Chat to create an initial draft. For instance, you could instruct Gemini to "draft a newsletter for our neighborhood association using the meeting minutes from my January HOA meeting and the list of upcoming events."

After generating a first draft, Gemini can assist in refining specific sections without needing to recreate the entire document. The "Help me write" tool can also be used to enhance clarity or add necessary details. Furthermore, for collaborative documents with varying writing styles, a new "Match writing style" feature helps unify the tone and voice by suggesting consistent edits throughout.

Docs is also introducing a "Match the format" tool, which allows you to replicate the structure and style of another document. For example, if you find a travel itinerary template you like, Gemini can populate it with your personal trip details by extracting information from your emails, such as flight confirmations, hotel bookings, and rental car reservations.

In Sheets, Gemini is evolving from a simple tool into a collaborative partner, according to Google. With a single prompt, it can pull relevant data from your Gmail, Chat, and Drive to quickly create a fully formatted spreadsheet. You might ask it to "organize my upcoming move to Chicago. Create a checklist for packing by room, a contact list for utilities, and a spreadsheet to track moving company quotes from my inbox."

For more complex tasks, a "Fill with Gemini" tool can populate tables even faster. This feature can instantly generate custom text, categorize and summarize data, or pull real-time information from Google Search. For example, if you're managing college applications with a tracker, instead of manually researching each school's deadlines and tuition, you can set up column headers and let Gemini automatically fill the table by pulling relevant web data.

In Slides, Gemini can now generate a fully editable slide that matches your deck's overall theme, using context from your files, emails, and the web. If a slide isn't quite right, you can ask Gemini to adjust it with prompts like "match the colors to the rest of my deck" or "make this more minimal."

Looking ahead, Google states that Slides will eventually allow users to create an entire presentation from a single prompt, utilizing relevant context as needed. For instance, you will be able to ask Gemini to "create a 5-slide deck for my upcoming Tokyo trip."

Google also announced that Drive is being transformed from a passive storage space into an active collaborator. Now, when you search in Drive using natural language, Gemini will display an "AI Overview" at the top of your results, similar to those seen in Google Search. This overview summarizes the most relevant information from your files and cites its sources, so you don't need to open documents to find what you're looking for.

A new "Ask Gemini in Drive" feature enables you to ask complex questions across your documents, emails, calendar, and the web. For example, you could select all your tax-related files and ask, "What should I ask my tax advisor before filing this year's taxes?" and receive a detailed answer based on your actual data.

All these new features are rolling out today in beta and will first be available to Google AI Ultra and Pro subscribers. They are available in English worldwide for Docs, Sheets, and Slides, and in the U.S. for Drive.