Google has announced Gmail Live, a new Gemini-powered feature that lets users ask questions about their inbox using natural language instead of typing search terms. The company introduced the feature on Tuesday at Google I/O 2026 as part of a wider expansion of AI Inbox for Gmail. Google says Gmail Live is designed to help users quickly find information buried in their emails, such as flight details, dentist appointments, Airbnb door codes, or school event information.

Google has announced Gmail Live, a new Gemini-powered feature that lets users ask questions about their inbox using natural language instead of typing search terms.

The company introduced the feature on Tuesday at Google I/O 2026 as part of a wider expansion of AI Inbox for Gmail. Google says Gmail Live is designed to help users quickly find information buried in their emails, such as flight details, dentist appointments, Airbnb door codes, or school event information.

Gmail Live allows users to ask questions aloud and receive answers based on details found in their inbox.

Devanshi Bhandari, product lead for Gmail, said the feature can answer naturally phrased questions, handle follow-up questions, and adjust if the user interrupts or changes direction. In a demo, Gmail Live answered questions about a child’s show-and-tell project, a class trip, and hotel and flight details for a trip to Detroit.

The tool can also understand differences between similar terms, such as “field trip” and “trip.” It can pull specific details from emails, such as a hotel room number, and infer who a user is asking about, even when the person is not directly named.

Google is not replacing traditional Gmail search with Gmail Live.

The new feature will be offered as another search option for users who prefer asking questions in natural language. The approach comes after Google faced backlash over an AI-powered search change in Google Photos and later made the use of AI optional again.

Gmail is also adding new AI Inbox features, including ready-to-send drafts, instant file access, and task management tools.

Google says AI Inbox can generate contextual draft replies, surface relevant Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides next to tasks, and allow users to mark individual tasks as done. The feature is designed to show important tasks and updates from the inbox on one page.

Google said similar voice-powered AI technology is also coming to Google Keep.

In Keep, users will be able to speak their thoughts, and the app will organize them into notes and lists. Google is also bringing voice-based AI features to Docs through Docs Live.

AI Inbox is currently available for Google AI Ultra subscribers and in preview for Google Workspace Enterprise Plus customers. Google is now expanding it to Google AI Plus and Pro subscribers in the US.

Gmail Live will roll out later this summer. TechCrunch reported that the voice-powered feature will initially be limited to Google AI Ultra subscribers.

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