{"id":505569,"date":"2026-01-10T06:54:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505569\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T06:54:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T06:54:21","slug":"new-gmail-ai-features-replacing-gemini-side-panel-for-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/505569\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gmail AI features replacing Gemini side panel for some"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1434\" height=\"895\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gmail-Gemini-side-panel-1.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>With the launch of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/08\/gmail-ai-inbox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in-line AI experiences<\/a>\u201d in Gmail yesterday, Google has shared that the Gemini side panel is going away for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the US.<\/p>\n<p>On the web, this side panel was accessed by tapping the Gemini spark next to your profile photo in the top-right corner. This traditional chatbot interface <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/14355636\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let you<\/a>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summarize an email thread<\/li>\n<li>Suggest responses to an email thread<\/li>\n<li>Draft an email<\/li>\n<li>Find information from previous emails<\/li>\n<li>Find information from your Google Drive files<\/li>\n<li>Get information about Google Calendar events<\/li>\n<li>Create events in Google Calendar<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"895\" data-id=\"701054\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=701054\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/01\/Gmail-Gemini-side-panel-2.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" data-width=\"1434\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gmail-Gemini-side-panel-2.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>As part of making it \u201ceasier to use AI directly in Gmail,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/mail\/answer\/16831098\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google says<\/a> AI Pro and AI Ultra \u201csubscribers in the US may no longer see Ask Gemini in Gmail or be able to open the Gemini in Gmail side panel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most of that functionality is now handled via the \u201cin-line AI experiences,\u201d with Help Me Write unchanged and Proofread serving as a more powerful spelling, grammar, and style check. There\u2019s also the upgrade to <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/01\/08\/gmail-ai-free-features\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suggested Replies<\/a> that takes into account the context of the thread.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, AI Overviews can summarize longer email threads and the new AI Overviews in search provide a more integrated experience where you\u2019d naturally expect it.<\/p>\n<p>As of today, the side panel is gone on our personal Gmail account that has the new features, but it remains on mobile (Android).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are no changes to the availability of the Gemini side panel in Gmail for Google Workspace plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With the launch of \u201cin-line AI experiences\u201d in Gmail yesterday, Google has shared that the Gemini side panel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":505570,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-505569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-technology","9":"tag-united-states","10":"tag-unitedstates","11":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115869493853157121","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}