Overview
- Users reported being auto-enrolled without broad notice, prompting guidance on how to disable the setting.
- Fully turning it off requires toggling Smart Features in Gmail, Chat, and Meet, then disabling Smart Features in Google Workspace and in other Google products.
- Google says the update consolidates long-standing automation tools, adds more granular controls, and does not change its underlying data-handling practices.
- The company cites benefits such as adding flight details to Calendar, showing order summaries, compiling tickets in Wallet, and letting Gemini reference Drive files while drafting.
- The rollout appears uneven, with some accounts unaffected, and Google says Smart Features are off by default in the EEA, Japan, Switzerland, and the UK.