Google Gemini Deep Research gains access to Gmail Drive Chat and Docs

Google said Wednesday that its Gemini Deep Research tool can now draw directly on users’ Gmail, Google Drive and Google Chat content, along with Docs, Slides, Sheets and PDFs stored in those services, to generate research reports. The update, available now on desktop with a mobile rollout planned in the coming days, lets users combine private Workspace material with public web sources to produce more personalized, multi-step analyses such as market studies or competitor comparisons.

Deep Research, introduced earlier this year to create comprehensive reports using web sources and user-uploaded files, now includes a Sources option in the Gemini Tools menu. Users who open Deep Research will see a dropdown where they can select which inputs to include, with separate boxes for Search, Gmail, Drive and Chat. Google said users can pick and choose which services to link, and that the added capability was “one of the tools most requested features.” Google also said the feature is available to all Gemini users, including those not paying for a subscription.

In practice, the feature will let the chatbot crossreference emails, team notes, project plans and shared documents with public data...