Summarize an email thread with an AI Overview

When you open an email thread, an AI Overview appears and summarizes all key points and any replies in the thread.

What you need

You can get an AI Overview of an email thread with:

Learn how an AI Overview summarizes your email thread

  • You can expand or minimize an AI Overview.
    • When you minimize an AI Overview, it remains collapsed above the thread until you expand it.
  • If you don’t have an AI Overview, at the top of the thread, select Summarize this email.
  • Android, iPhone, and iPad only: For emails that contain a to-do with a deadline required from you, an AI Overview can appear with the following information:
    • The deadline
    • The task required from you
    • A short summary of the email
    • A "Remind me" button

Show an AI Overview at the top of an email thread

Important: By default, Google Workspace smart features are off in:

  • The European Economic Area
  • Japan
  • Switzerland
  • United Kingdom
  1. On your computer, go to Gmail.
  2. At the top right, click Settings settings and then See all settings.
  3. Under the “General” tab, scroll to “Google Workspace smart features.”
  4. Click Manage Workspace smart feature settings.
  5. Turn on Smart features in Google Workspace.
  6. Click Save.

Tips:

  • To hide the AI Overview, turn off Smart features in Google Workspace. This also turns off other Gemini in Workspace features, like the Gemini in Gmail side panel. Learn about Google Workspace smart features.
  • If you notice anything incorrect about the AI Overview, below the card, click the feedback icons or .

Learn about Gemini feature suggestions

  • Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
  • Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
  • Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
  • 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.

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