Adding folder support to Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive

Qué está cambiando

Since rolling out Gemini in the side panel of Google Drive, users have been able to summarize one or multiple documents, get quick facts about a project, and more. We also introduced a new way for users to interact with the Gemini side panel while viewing PDFs.

Today we’re excited to announce that you can now focus your Gemini conversations in Drive to a specific Drive folder using the side panel. For example, after indicating a specific folder via an @-mention, you can ask Gemini to find files in the folder or write a summary of the folder’s content. You could also ask things like:

“Summarize files in @-folder”
“What is the theme of the content in @-folder”

summarizing a folder in Drive using Gemini

Más información

Gemini can only answer questions about text documents, PDFs, spreadsheets, and presentations.

Para empezar

Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can activar la configuración de personalización por defecto para sus usuarios en la consola de administración.
Usuarios finales:

If Gemini in the side panel is closed, you can:

Navigate to a folder, and click on the “Summarize this folder” button, or;
Right-click on a folder in the doclist, and click on “Ask Gemini” in the context menu, or;
Select a folder in a doclist, and click on “Summarize this folder” in the selection toolbar.