How to use Gemini AI to ask questions about your Gmail inbox

Artificial intelligence--and in particular generative AI--continues to push its way into every aspect of digital life, with varying degrees of success. One of the latest updates from Google adds the Gemini AI chatbot to Gmail on Android and iOS, which means you can ask questions about anything in your inbox. For example, you might want a summary of a discussion you've been having with your boss or need a reminder about when an upcoming camping trip is actually happening. For queries like these, Gemini can dive into your email threads and pull out the salient details for you. This is separate to the Gemini text creation tools you get when composing emails in Gmail on the web, and--for the time being at least--it's exclusive to those with a paid Google Workspace account or a subscription to the Google One AI Premium plan.