April 22, 2026
Ask Gemini in Drive now generally available
In March, we announced a beta for Ask Gemini in Drive. This feature is now generally available and has started rolling out to eligible Google Workspace and Google AI plans.
Google Drive isn’t just a place to store your work, it’s now the place to understand it. We’ve reimagined the experience with Gemini now offering a dedicated, immersive workspace designed for deep focus. You can now engage in high-context, multi-turn conversations to efficiently explore and understand content across Drive, Workspace apps, and the web.
Whether you are synthesizing years of client proposals or uncovering hidden customer trends, Ask Gemini in Drive provides a holistic view of your entire body of work.
Key features include:
- Dedicated conversations: Engage in focused discussions about specific sets of files and folders. By grounding your questions in the relevant content, you get more precise, actionable answers.
- Drive projects: Organize your work more effectively with Drive projects. This new feature in Drive allows you to curate related files and folders into a central, always up-to-date, and shared knowledge base, making it easier to manage complex workflows and keep your team aligned.
- Persistent conversation history: Easily pick up where you left off. Your past chats are saved, allowing you to quickly revisit previous insights about specific folders or projects without starting over.
- Secure and compliant: Ask Gemini in Drive and projects are built directly into the Drive architecture, it never copies or replicates your files. It honors your existing data protection and security controls, including access permissions, DLP policies, and IRM, ensuring Gemini only accesses content you are authorized to see.
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| Find and understand information across your Drive files, Workspace apps, and the entire internet |
With this launch, we’re also expanding language support. Ask Gemini in Drive will roll out to all 29 languages currently supported in the Gemini side panel over the coming weeks (see the Rollout pace section below for more details).
Getting started
- Admins: This feature is available by default if Gemini for Workspace in Drive is enabled.
- End users: You must have Workspace smart features enabled to use Ask Gemini in Drive. Visit the Help Center to learn more about Ask Gemini in Drive.
Rollout pace
Ask Gemini in Drive in English:
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2026
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2026
Ask Gemini in Drive in 28 additional languages:
- Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2026
- Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 26, 2026
Availability
- Business: Business Standard and Plus
- Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
- Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
- AI Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education
Resources
- Google Help: Use Gemini in Drive for research & analysis
- Google Workspace Blog: Introducing Workspace Intelligence