Google’s Smart Replies are getting an AI-powered update, and in my opinion, it’s a little creepy. At its Google I/O 2025 keynote, Google announced a new feature called Personalized Smart Replies. The feature uses Gemini AI, along with data from your Gmail and Google Drive, to respond to emails that sound like you. Google promises it can write like you, using your tone and writing style, as learned from your Gmail history.

With this new update, the Smart Replies option that appears when you reply to an email will be much more powerful and much more contextual. On stage, Google CEO Sundar Pichai used travel planning as an example. Let’s say a friend emails you asking for details about a trip you’re both going on. It would take a long time to manually gather everything you need to send, such as your hotel stays, travel plans, rest stops, and restaurant recommendations.

Instead, you can use the Personalized Smart Replies feature, which has access to all your emails, Google Maps location history, and your photos and Google Drive files to do all the work for you. It can collect hotel reservations from your email, locations from your Google Drive history, and present it all in an email that matches your writing style.

According to an interview with The Verge, Google Workspace VP of Products Blake Barnes said the new Smart Replies feature will first be available in English, on the web, Android, and iOS. It will launch in alpha in Google Labs in July and will be available for public use in the third quarter of this year. Unfortunately, it will only be available to paid subscribers at first. Barnes believes the feature will eventually roll out to all Gmail users, but there is no timeline yet.

Of course, as with all AI, there is a risk that what Gemini generates may have elements of hallucination, so I would recommend checking your answers before sending. Plus, the feature will definitely require access to a lot of personal data. I will be keeping an eye on how to protect your data when the feature is released and will update accordingly.

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Google’s Smart Replies are getting an AI-powered update, and in my opinion, it’s a little creepy. At its Google I/O 2025 keynote, Google announced a new feature called Personalized Smart Replies. The feature uses Gemini AI, along with data from your Gmail and Google Drive, to respond to emails that sound like you. Google promises it can write like you, using your tone and writing style, as learned from your Gmail history.

With this new update, the Smart Replies option that appears when you reply to an email will be much more powerful and much more contextual. On stage, Google CEO Sundar Pichai used travel planning as an example. Let’s say a friend emails you asking for details about a trip you’re both going on. It would take a long time to manually gather everything you need to send, such as your hotel stays, travel plans, rest stops, and restaurant recommendations.

Instead, you can use the Personalized Smart Replies feature, which has access to all your emails, Google Maps location history, and your photos and Google Drive files to do all the work for you. It can collect hotel reservations from your email, locations from your Google Drive history, and present it all in an email that matches your writing style.

According to an interview with The Verge, Google Workspace VP of Products Blake Barnes said the new Smart Replies feature will first be available in English, on the web, Android, and iOS. It will launch in alpha in Google Labs in July and will be available for public use in the third quarter of this year. Unfortunately, it will only be available to paid subscribers at first. Barnes believes the feature will eventually roll out to all Gmail users, but there is no timeline yet.

Of course, as with all AI, there is a risk that what Gemini generates may have elements of hallucination, so I would recommend checking your answers before sending. Plus, the feature will definitely require access to a lot of personal data. I will be keeping an eye on how to protect your data when the feature is released and will update accordingly.

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