Gmail’s new button makes using Gemini to reply to emails on Android a breeze

Last August, Google rolled out a feature for Gmail that lets you use Gemini to fine-tune your drafts and replies. With the tap of a button, you can summarize an email, have Gemini write a reply on its own, rewrite a draft that you wrote, and more.

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The feature is convenient and works well, but is a little clunky in actual use because you have to copy and paste Gemini’s work into the reply pane — not the easiest thing to do on a phone.

Simple ‘Insert’ button

Google is making steps to fix that problem by adding a simple “Insert” button on the Android version of Gmail that you can click to approve the AI-written message and move it to the reply window where you can make any edits. It’s a small change, but one that makes using Gemini a little easier.

You’ll see the new button to the right of the screen on the bottom, on the same row as the thumbs up and thumbs down, and just below tools like formalize, elaborate, and shorten. When you tap it, Gemini sends the current version of what it has written into your reply window, ready to send.

The feature was first spotted in December, but appears to be getting a wide rollout now. If you don’t see it yet (it was visible on my Google Pixel 8 Pro), you should soon.

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If you’re not using Gemini on Gmail, you should know that it does more than generate messages. You can find information from Google Drive files, search for certain types of emails (like “Show unread emails only from the past 5 days” or “Emails from Chris sent last week”), get information about Google Calendar events, summarize entire email threads, and even create events in your Google Calendar.