Google aims to offer users an easier and faster e-mail writing experience by expanding its artificial intelligence-supported e-mail creation and editing tool called “Help me Write” to the web version of Gmail. This feature, which was first available on mobile devices, will now also be available for Gmail web users. When users open a blank draft in Gmail, they will see an on-screen request to use the “Help me Write” feature.
This new feature is only available to Google One AI Premium subscribers or users with the Gemini add-on for Workspace. In addition to creating an email draft with this feature, users will also be able to receive suggestions for editing their messages, such as writing them in a formal language, expanding or shortening the content. This has the potential to make the email writing process more efficient, especially for busy professionals.
New editing shortcut and “polish” feature in Gmail Web
Google has also improved the “polish” editing option in the “Help me Write” tool. With this innovation, an editing suggestion will automatically appear when at least 12 words are written in drafts. Gmail web users will have a new shortcut to quickly use this option. They will be able to quickly edit their emails by clicking on this shortcut or using the “Ctrl + H” key combination.
On mobile devices, the “polish” option will replace the existing “Refine my draft” shortcut. With this update, users will now be able to automatically improve their messages by simply sliding the shortcut, instead of scrolling through the options to edit the email draft. Users will have the opportunity to further refine messages with other AI editing tools that Google offers. This new system will make the email editing process faster and more practical, helping users organize their messages more effectively according to their needs.
Google stated that these new features will gradually reach all users. The “Help me Write” feature and the “polish” shortcut are available to users on Gmail web as of today.
These updates aim to make the process of creating and editing emails in Gmail faster and more user-friendly. Thanks to the integration of Google’s Gemini AI technology, users have the opportunity to write more professional and effective emails.