Improvements To Help Me Write in Gmail

May 7, 2026

Improvements To Help Me Write in Gmail
As previously announced, Help me write in Gmail is evolving into an even more helpful partner that can pull in your natural voice and personalized context to get you closer to the perfect draft every time. We’ve added two new personalization enhancements:

• Topic contextualization: The feature can now connect to Google Drive and Gmail based on your prompt. It will then use the context from these apps to automatically insert relevant information into the email draft, reducing the time you spend toggling between apps to find specific details.
• Tone and style personalization: Help me write can also now create personalized email drafts that match the tone and style of your previously written emails.

With these new changes, users will save valuable time currently spent on cross-Workspace app context switching to reference correct sources, typing, copy-pasting, and formatting. Just type a short prompt, and delegate the draft writing for common use cases, including:

• Responding to inquiries from customers and partners
• Distributing information, documents, or materials to collaborators
• Reporting progress, milestones, and project-related issue to leadership
• Seeking assistance or answers from team
• Providing or asking for feedback from peers
• Sharing team announcements or progress reports to the organization
• Introducing new projects
• Exploring potential partnerships
• Teacher-parent- communications
• Grant proposals

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is available by default if both Gemini for Workspace in Gmail is enabled and Workspace Intelligence access to Gmail is enabled.
• End users: This feature is available by default and activated for prompts that have relevant context. Visit the Help Center article to learn more about drafting emails with Gemini in Gmail.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) started on May 5, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Starter, Standard, and Plus
  - Enterprise: Enterprise Starter, Standard, and Plus
• Consumer: Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra
• Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education