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In April, we announced the general availability for Drive AI Overviews in Drive on the web. We’re now bringing this feature to the Drive Android and iOS apps.

Instead of searching through endless files and opening dozens of tabs to find the information you need, you can now get instant answers right at the top of your search results. Gemini does the heavy lifting for you, scanning your documents to provide clear, reliable summaries.

Here is how it helps you work smarter:

  • See the big picture: Get a quick summary of information pulled from multiple files without needing to open each one.
  • Ask naturally: There’s no need to use complicated search tricks. Just ask a question as you would to a colleague, like "What’s in our Spring 2026 catalog?"
  • Get the right answer: Gemini automatically understands what you’re looking for, whether it’s a quick fact, a project summary, or a list of specific documents, and adjusts its response to match.
  • Dig deeper with ease: If you need more information, you can go from a quick summary to a deeper conversation with Ask Gemini in just one click.
  • Control your AI Overviews scope: Use AI Overview search settings to choose which Google Workspace apps Gemini uses to find files and generate AI Overviews.

This feature will roll out in English and an additional 28 languages (the same as those supposed for Gemini in Drive side panel) over the next several weeks.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • AI Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education

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Previously, users could only work with delegated Gmail accounts through the web interface. We are updating the Gmail app for iOS and Android to allow delegates to read, manage, and compose emails on behalf of a delegator directly from their mobile devices.

This update removes a significant barrier for employees who rely on mobile devices for their daily productivity. For example, an administrative assistant can seamlessly handle urgent communications for an executive while away from the office, without needing to find a desktop computer.

When using the Gmail mobile app, delegates can now:

  • Switch between their own inbox and delegated accounts.
  • View unread message counts for delegated inboxes from the account menu.
  • See emails intermingled across delegated accounts and their own account using the mobile “All inboxes” view.
  • Send messages that allow recipients to view the specific "sent by" information in the mobile experience. 
Administrators retain full control over delegation settings, including the ability to restrict delegation to specific organizational units. The mobile experience adheres to existing delegation policies and limits, such as supporting up to 1,000 unique delegates per account and 40 concurrent users. Delegators do not need to perform any additional setup to enable mobile access for their existing delegates.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this specific mobile feature; it follows existing delegation settings that you’ve configured for the web experience.
  • End users: To access a delegated account, ensure you have first been granted access via the Gmail web settings. Once granted, tap your profile picture in the Gmail app on Android or iOS and select the delegated account from the list. Visit the Help Center to learn more about delegating and collaborating on email.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available in early July to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

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In April, we announced the general availability of Ask Gemini in Drive on the web. We’re now bringing this feature to the Drive Android and iOS apps.

Ask Gemini in Drive offers you a dedicated, immersive workspace designed for deep focus. You can now engage in high-context, multi-turn conversations to efficiently explore and understand content across Drive, other Workspace apps, and the web.

Key features include:

  • Dedicated conversations: Engage in focused discussions about specific sets of files and folders. By grounding your questions in the relevant content, you get more precise, actionable answers.
  • Persistent conversation history: Easily pick up where you left off. Your past chats are saved, allowing you to quickly revisit previous insights about specific folders or projects without starting over.
  • Secure and compliant: Ask Gemini in Drive is built directly into the Drive architecture, it never copies or replicates your files. It honors your existing data protection and security controls, including access permissions, DLP policies, and IRM, ensuring Gemini only accesses content you are authorized to see.

This feature will roll out in English and an additional 28 languages over the next several weeks.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • AI Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education

Resources

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Last year, we announced a smoother, more modern video player in the Google Drive Android app. This updated look and feel is now available when watching Drive videos on your iOS devices.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts
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What’s changing

We are updating the location of some Google Meet meeting controls on Android and iOS devices, which are intended to organize features in a more intuitive way. This will help you to navigate the Meet layout faster and more intuitively. These are strictly design updates with no changes in functionality. 

1. Emoji reactions are moving from the triple-dot overflow menu to the bottom bar. Simply tap the Emoji toggle to access or hide the reaction picker.

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2. The hand raise feature is moving from the bottom bar to the triple-dot overflow menu. This change applies to mobile devices only - if you’re using a larger screen device, such as a tablet, you’ll continue to see the Hand Raise icon in the main call controls menu.

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