The Gemini side panel in Google Drive offers one of the more powerful AI experiences in Workspace, with its latest capability being “Catch me up.”
This feature “helps users easily stay up to date on their files” by having Gemini “identify relevant files from a user’s Drive with changes since it was last viewed and provide an overview of those changes.”
Those changes can include edits in Google Docs and new comments in Docs, Sheets, or Slides. The command is accessed as a new button in the “Ask Gemini” carousel of suggestions, with the side panel opening to generate bullet points.
Catch me up can also be used on just one document. Gemini will “identify if there have been changes to that file since you last viewed it and provide an overview of what changed.” A Gemini circle next to the file name in the list view indicates “changes to the file since the last time you viewed it.” You tap to get the summary.
Rolling out over the coming weeks, Catch me up is 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 (now Pro and Ultra)
More on Google Drive:
- Gemini in Google Drive can now analyze videos
- Gmail can now automatically show Gemini summary cards
- Gmail getting personalized smart replies as Google Vids adds AI avatars
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