Your workplace chats and meetings could soon get even more AI tools thanks to a new Google Workspace add-on that highlights the power of the Gemini platform.
At Google Cloud Next 24, the company announced a new AI Meetings and Messaging add-on that it hopes will make employees more efficient and lead to more productive collaboration between businesses.
The company says the new tools will help users feel more confident and connected with their colleagues, available for $10 per user per month for “most” Google Workspace plans.
AI on the go
One of the new features for Google Meet is ‘Take Notes for Me’, now available in preview, which Google Workspace says will allow you to ‘drop the pen’ and focus more clearly on the meeting instead of splitting focus between listen and take. comments on video conference calls.
There’s also an expanded ‘Translate for Me’ feature that automatically detects and translates subtitles in Google Meet calls. The tool, which is now available in 69 languages (52 more than previously offered), which Google says equates to 4,600 language pairs, will be available in June 2024 and will help employees connect with each other regardless of their language differences.
Elsewhere, the company announced that automatic translation of messages and on-demand conversation summaries using Gemini will come to Google Chat later in 2024, once again expanding its capabilities when it comes to collaboration with teams and colleagues around the world.
Google Chat rooms will soon be able to expand to welcome up to 500,000 members for company-wide chats, with general availability of messaging interoperability for Slack and Teams via partner Mio also coming soon.
Gmail also gets improved voice prompts that allow users to easily send emails on the go, as well as an instant polishing tool that can turn rough notes into a full email with one click.
Google says the launches are part of an expanded roadmap following the warm reception of AI-powered tools in Workspace. The company says that 70% of business users who used “Help Me Write” in Google Docs or Gmail end up using Gemini’s suggestions, and more than 75% of users who create images in Slides insert them into their presentations .