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Google Expands Gemini Deep Research to Pull From Gmail, Drive and Chat

Access is opt in per task through a Sources menu on desktop now, with mobile support expected within days.

Overview

  • The upgrade lets the AI analyze emails, Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs and Google Chat messages alongside web data to produce richer reports.
  • Users start by selecting Deep Research in Gemini’s Tools menu and choosing Search, Gmail, Drive and/or Chat as allowed sources.
  • Google says the capability is available to all Gemini users on gemini.google.com and will reach mobile soon.
  • Deep Research runs multi-step plans with a million-token context window, processes hundreds of pages, works asynchronously and can recover from step errors.
  • Outputs can be refined and exported, including to a Google Doc or an AI-generated podcast, and the rollout follows rival moves such as Microsoft Copilot’s connectors testing.