Google adds AI voice features to Gmail, Docs, and Keep

Google has launched conversational AI features across Gmail, Docs, and Keep that let users ask questions and complete tasks using natural-language queries and dictation, rather than typing. The company is calling the features Gmail Live, Docs Live, and Keep Live, and had previewed them in May at its Google I/O conference.

In Gmail, users can ask a Gemini-powered AI assistant questions about the contents of their inbox instead of typing into a search box, and will see a live transcript while chatting with the assistant. In Docs, users can describe what they want to write and the assistant will help draft it, pulling information from Gmail, Drive, chat, and the web to build out the draft. Keep Live turns the notes app into a scratchpad that can be used without typing, and can assemble recipes and lists — Google’s example was pulling together the ingredients needed to make a shakshouka.

Gmail Live is available to Google AI Plus, Pro, and Ultra subscribers, while Docs Live and Keep Live are limited to Google AI Pro and Ultra users. All three features are rolling out in English on iOS and Android for now; Google said it will bring them to Workspace Business customers soon.

The launch continues Google’s push to add voice-based features across its apps. The company added cross-app dictation to its Mac app in April, and last month gave Pixel 11 phones a Gemini-powered dictation tool called Rambler that strips filler words from speech. In August, Google introduced the Gemini 3.5 Transcribe model for speech-to-text use cases.

Why it matters

By tying Gemini-powered voice interaction directly into Gmail, Docs, and Keep, Google is betting that natural-language dictation — not typing — becomes the default way people interact with its productivity suite.