Overview
- Google has begun rolling out Gmail Live, Docs Live, and Keep Live to paid AI mobile tiers so users can interact with those apps by speaking to Gemini.
- Gmail Live offers a conversational search of a user’s inbox with follow‑up questions, interruptible voice sessions, and a transcript that links back to source emails.
- Docs Live acts as a hands‑free co‑writer that can create and structure drafts from a spoken stream and will show a recap of pulled context before generating content.
- Keep Live captures 'audio brain dumps' into structured notes and lists, lets users edit items by voice, and can add entries to existing notes on Android.
- The features require paid Google AI tiers (Plus/Pro/Ultra depending on the app), rely on access to user data for context, and will reach Google Workspace business customers at a later date, which raises trade‑offs around convenience, accuracy, and privacy controls.