Collaborate with Gemini in Google Chat (Workspace Labs)

With Gemini in Chat, when you have a space or conversation open, you can:

• Summarize that space or conversation.
• Generate a list of action items from that space or conversation.
• Answer specific questions about that space or conversation.

Explore Gemini in Chat

Action	Description
Close	Close Gemini.
Copy	Copy a suggestion.
Good suggestion	Give positive feedback about a response from Gemini.
Bad suggestion	Report an issue with a response from Gemini.

Summarize a file

You can use Gemini to summarize a file within a conversation if:

• A message isn’t blocked.
• File types shared as Drive links in Google Chat are:
  • Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides
  • .pdf
  • .csv
  • .txt
  • Zip files
  • Microsoft Office formats, like:
    • .docx (Word)
    • .xlsx (Excel)
    • .pptx (PowerPoint)
• Download restrictions are off for the file.

To summarize a file:

2. Select a direct message or space with a file in the conversation.
3. Under the file, tap Summarize .

Turn off Gemini in Chat

To turn off any of the features on Google Workspace Labs, you must exit Workspace Labs. If you exit, you’ll permanently lose access to all Workspace Labs features, and you won’t be able to rejoin Workspace Labs. Learn how to exit Workspace Labs.

Learn about Workspace Labs feature suggestions

• Workspace Labs feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
• Don’t rely on Workspace Labs features as medical, legal, financial, or other professional advice.
• Workspace Labs features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Workspace Labs more helpful and safe.
• Enterprise administrators participating in Workspace Labs agree to allow Google to use the organization’s Customer Data, feedback, and metrics on usage to provide, develop, and improve Workspace services.
• Google will access Customer Data for Workspace improvements and process Customer Data in an aggregated and/or pseudonymized form to improve Workspace services. Pseudonymization and aggregation are standard data processing techniques to make identification of an individual, enterprise, entity, or device unlikely.
• Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
• Your conversations with Gemini in Chat are not saved to Gemini Activity. When you delete your Gemini in Chat conversation history, it doesn't delete any information that is saved to your Gemini Activity. Learn how to delete your Gemini Activity.
• Generated images are for use only within Chat.
• Workspace Labs generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Chat, and may not represent real world situations.

You can review the Google Workspace Labs for Business Terms of Service.

Related resources

• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Docs
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Slides
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Drive