What the Duet AI side panel can do in Gmail, Google Drive, & Docs [Gallery]

In late October , Google said it would start testing the Duet AI side panel in Workspace Labs, and we now have a closer look at what it can do. Original 12/20/23 : Google first teased the persistent side panel at I/O in May and demoed it again in August as a “contextual, real time AI collaborator.” It’s launched from a new icon, which animates when you hover over it, next to your account avatar in the top right corner of Workspace (web) apps.

It opens as an inline column at the right, and you can expand it. Google does not appear to be testing the side panel in Gmail just yet. Update 1/4/24 : The Duet AI side panel in Gmail lets you: In Google Drive , you’re able to right click on a document and ask Duet AI questions about the file, including: After receiving a response, you can click “Sources” to “view which files and documents were used to generate the response.” Instead of right clicking, you can also open Duet AI, enter “@title of the document,” and add a prompt.

Duet can also summarize whole projects and accept broad prompts like “Help me understand our team’s 2024 strategy.” In Google Docs, you can use the Duet AI side panel to: In Google Sheets: In Google Slides:.