Use Gemini in Drive to interact with folders in 20+ additional languages

Use Gemini in Drive to interact with folders in 20+ additional languages
Monday, May 12, 2025

What’s changing
Last year, we added folder support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive. Today, we’re excited to announce this experience is now available in the following languages:

• Arabic
• Catalan Valencian
• Central Standard Swedish
• Common Czech
• Dutch
• Finnish
• French
• German
• Greek
• Hungarian
• Indonesian
• Italian
• Japanese
• Korean
• Malay
• Mandarin
• Modern Hebrew
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Romanian
• Russian
• Spanish
• Standard Danish
• Thai
• Turkish
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese

As a result, you can now use Gemini in Drive to answer questions like:

• “Summarize files in @-folder”
• “What is the theme of the content in @-folder”
• “When is the due date based on files in @-folder”

Additional details
Gemini can only answer questions about text documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Getting started

• Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
• End users:
  If Gemini in the side panel is closed, you can:

1. Navigate to a folder, and click on the “Summarize this folder” button, or;
2. Right-click on a folder in the doclist, and click on “Ask Gemini” in the context menu, or;
3. Select a folder in a doclist, and click on “Summarize this folder” in the selection toolbar.

If Gemini in side panel is already open, you can:
Drag and drop a folder from the doclist into the side panel, or;
@-mention a folder in the side panel’s textbox.

If you are searching for a folder, you can:

1. Click the Gemini icon next to the folder in the search dropdown box.
   Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Drive.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 12, 2025
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 27, 2025

Availability

• Available for Google Workspace:
• Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
• Google One AI Premium

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

• Gemini Business*
• Gemini Enterprise*