Gemini gains four new AI features to manage comments and edits in Google Docs

Gemini can now read, respond to, and make changes based on comments in Google Docs

The new Gemini capabilities are rolling out starting today and should reach all users within 15 days. Google has been rolling out a bunch of useful new Gemini integrations in Google Docs. The AI can already create images, diagrams, and infographics in Google Docs, and now it can help you understand and take action on comments as well. In a new blog post, Google has announced that Gemini in Google Docs is gaining the ability to read, understand, and even take action based on comments in a document. Broadly speaking, Google's AI can now help users in four different ways when dealing with collaborator comments. Gemini can now summarize comments, identify key themes or action points, and even surface unresolved issues blocking the project. It can also add new comments on the user's behalf, ot leave feedback in the form of comments. We tested both these capabilities, and they work quite well. Moreover, it can now respond to other open comment threads in documents, and even include files from your Google Drive in its responses. Gemini can also review comments in documents and suggest changes to incorporate any feedback. It's worth noting that Gemini doesn't automatically post new comments or replies, or make any changes to the document on its own. It only drafts responses or edits, and the user can choose whether to proceed. These new features can be accessed using the Gemini side panel in Google Docs or via the bottom bar with the Gemini icon. Google also says that the AI can proactively nudge users to summarize comments or automatically generate replies in open comment threads. Google has started rolling out these new Gemini capabilities to all eligible users starting today. The company says it could take up to 15 days for the rollout to complete. The features are available to users on Google's Business Standard and Plus plans, Enterprise Standard and Plus plans, Education Plus plans, AI Expanded Access plans, and to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

Your Google Docs comment threads just got a lot easier to manage

Chandra Steele has been writing about tech for the entirety of her journalism career. She loves making tough topics easy to understand. Before joining Android Police, Chandra was senior features writer at PCMag where she did everything from interviewing Jeff Goldblum to explaining crypto. Anyone who's collaborated on something at work knows that everyone has an opinion. And sometimes those collective opinions turn into too many comments on shared Google Docs. In a relief to document admins and editors everywhere, Google has just granted Gemini with the ability to handle all the replies and to tackle edits. Gemini replies to all Google Workspace is rolling out four new Gemini-powered features. As Google lays out in a blog post about them, Gemini can now: * Synthesize and Q&A comments: Ask Gemini to summarize comment threads, extract key themes, or identify unresolved issues blocking your project. For example, you can say "Summarize all comments from Sarah" or "Based on the comments, what are the unresolved issues?" * Add new comments: Ask Gemini to insert comments on your behalf, such as "Add a comment asking Roberta to verify the stats in the launch readiness section" or "Review this blog post as a copy editor, leaving comments focused on clarity and narrative flow." * Draft contextually grounded replies: Quickly respond to open comment threads with drafts generated by Gemini. For example, "Reply to the thread confirming that we're approved to launch on April 1" or "Respond to Sarah's question with a link to the latest CSAT deck from my Drive." * Suggest document edits: Ask Gemini to suggest updates to document content based on reviewer feedback, such as "Rewrite the introduction to address Roberta's feedback." Gemini will generate suggested edits for you to review, approve, and seamlessly apply to your document. This AI-powered assistance will show up as suggestions as you open a document or make your way through comments. If you want to access them more directly, you can enter queries in the Gemini side panel or type them in the bottom bar. For admins, the features are on by default if Gemini for Workspace in Drive is enabled. Those with edit access have to have Workspace smart features enabled. Check for availability The Gemini features are available for those on Google's Business Standard and Plus plans, Enterprise Standard and Plus plans, Education Plus plans, AI Expanded Access plans, and to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. They started rolling out yesterday and should be widely available within 15 days.

Google Docs just gave Gemini four new AI tricks to speed up editing

Google Docs now lets Gemini summarize comments, draft replies, and suggest edits, easing one of collaborative editing's most tedious chores. Anyone who's collaborated on a shared doc knows the horror of opening it to find forty unresolved comments from six different people. Google just handed over the job of sorting through that mess to Gemini. So what can Gemini actually do with your comments now? Google Workspace is rolling out four new Gemini-powered comment features in Google Docs. You can ask Gemini to summarize entire comment threads or, even better, pull out unresolved issues by typing a prompt in natural language that says, "What are the unresolved issues based on the comments?" It can also add comments on your behalf, drafting requests like asking a teammate to verify specific stats. Perhaps the most useful bit is that Gemini can draft contextually grounded replies to open threads, taking care of tasks like confirming approvals or answering questions using files already sitting in Drive. Recommended Videos It can even suggest document edits based on reviewers' feedback, generating changes for you to review; you can apply those changes with a click. The suggestions surface automatically in the Gemini side panel or bottom bar as you open a document or while you scroll through comments. Who gets access, and is anything else launching alongside it? The new Google Doc features are on by default for admins with Gemini for Workspace enabled in Drive, and available to Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise, Education Plus, and Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Rollout began this week and should reach all the eligible users within about 15 days. Google also quietly shipped a related upgrade just a day earlier, and I can't help but mention it. Gemini can now generate and edit images, diagrams, and infographics directly inside Docs. It uses your document's content as context and applies consistent styling across multiple visuals with a single natural language prompt. From comment management and visual generation, Google's clearly betting that fewer people will need to leave Docs entirely to get work done. Pairing comment management with visual generation in back-to-back rollouts suggests Google is treating Docs less like a text editor and more like a full-fledged workspace hub.

Google Docs Is Rolling Out These Three New Gemini Features

The features are rolling out now to Workspace users, including Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subcribers. Google makes both Gemini and Docs, so it's not surprising that you'll find plenty of the former's features while using the latter. Gemini has a ton of Google Docs integration, including reading your text out loud, searching and summarizing your Docs in Drive, and a "Gemini bar" embedded into the app for prompting anytime. It's to the point that it's tough to avoid, which isn't great news for Google Docs users uninterested in AI features. Of course, that won't stop Google. The company continues to add new Gemini features at a steady clip, and this week is no exception. As Android Authority notes, Gemini is now rolling out new image creation and editing abilities available directly in Google Docs. Google announced the changes in a Workspace update on Tuesday, highlighting how Docs users can tap into Gemini to create and edit images, diagrams, and infographics in their documents. How Gemini's new Google Docs features work According to Google, Gemini has three new functions Workspace users can take advantage of. First, users can create infographics or diagrams that summarize the doc in question. You could ask Gemini to do something like "add a diagram that explains the proposal at the top of this doc," or "create an infographic that summarizes the doc visually." Google says Gemini will pull from the context of the doc for these graphics, so these images should reflect what you have written in your doc -- excluding the odd hallucination, of course. In addition, Gemini can "refine existing visuals." You can ask Gemini to adjust the images in your doc with requests like, "change the aspect ratio of this image to 4:3," or "match the image's style to the other images in this doc." Finally, you can also ask Gemini to generate or edit multiple images at once. You could request the AI to create infographics in each section of your doc, or update all images at once. Who has access to these new Gemini features? These new additions to Google Docs aren't rolling out to everyone. Instead, they're exclusive to Workspace users, which includes Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. If you pay for Google's AI features, you can try these out once they roll out on your end. If your school, work, or organization uses Workspace, the same applies. Here's the full list:

Gemini can now summarize the messiest comment threads in Google Docs

Shared Google Docs have a way of turning feedback into archaeology. Once several reviewers pile into the same file, figuring out which comments still need attention can take longer than making the edits. Google is giving Gemini that sorting job. Its new comment summaries pull feedback from across a document and find discussions that never reached a conclusion. The tools can also draft replies and suggest revisions, so the AI doesn't disappear once the untangling is done. How Gemini finds unfinished business Users can point Gemini at one reviewer or ask it to group comments around a recurring theme. It can also surface unresolved questions buried in different sections, sparing editors from reopening every thread to reconstruct a conversation they already endured once. Recommended Videos The result is closer to an editorial briefing than a verdict. It shows where the discussion stands and gives the person editing the document a manageable place to begin, without deciding which reviewer gets the last word. What happens after the summary From there, Gemini can draft a response inside a comment thread or suggest a change based on the feedback. When a reply needs supporting material, it can find a relevant Drive file and include the link. The AI can review a document and leave its own comments about clarity or narrative flow. That puts Gemini in copy-editing territory, but it won't quietly apply its recommendations. Users still approve every suggested change. Who can use it The tools began rolling out on July 28 and may take up to 15 days to appear. Access requires an eligible paid Workspace, Education or Google AI plan. Gemini for Workspace and smart features must also be enabled. Gemini needs edit access before it can work with a document's comments. Viewers and commenters won't get an AI shortcut through the discussion, even if they helped make it messy. If the feature hasn't appeared, check those settings and let the rollout window run its course.

Gemini Can Now Read Comments, Draft Replies in Google Docs

New features can be accessed from Gemini side panel in Google Docs Google has been bringing Gemini capabilities across its platforms. Most recently, the company has added AI-powered comment management to Google Docs. The new Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs are designed to help users quickly understand and respond to feedback from collaborators. It lets Gemini read comments and suggest replies on documents on behalf of the user. It can also assist by reading a document and leaving feedback as comments. Google Docs Can Now Summarise Comments and Draft Replies With Gemini AI Google announced in its Workspace Updates blog that it is adding Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs. With this update, Gemini can read, summarise, and act on comments throughout the document. Google has also embedded a video in the blog showcasing the new Gemini-powered comment workflows in action. The new features allow users to ask Gemini to summarise comment threads, extract key themes, or identify unresolved issues. It also lets users add comments on behalf of the user. It can be used to respond to open comment threads with drafts generated by Gemini. Users can ask Gemini to suggest updates to document content based on reviewer feedback. Gemini will generate suggested edits for you to review, approve, and apply to your document. Users can access these features by entering queries from the bottom bar or the Gemini side panel in Google Docs. Google has also added proactive nudges to summarise comments when opening a new document or generate draft replies when clicking into an existing comment thread. Currently, Gemini-powered comment workflows are available to Google Docs users with edit access. The new capabilities are currently rolling out and may take up to 15 days to become available to all eligible users. It is confirmed to be available to all Google Workspace Business Standard and Business Plus, Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus, and Education Plus users. Google AI Pro for Education users and Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers can also use Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs.