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Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails

Reece Rogers

created: Jan. 8, 2026, 1 p.m. | updated: Jan. 12, 2026, 6:55 p.m.

Google is putting even more generative AI tools into Gmail as part of its goal to further personalize user inboxes and streamline searches. On Thursday, the company announced a new “AI Inbox” tab, currently in a beta testing phase, that reads every message in a user’s Gmail and suggests a list of to-dos and key topics, based on what it summarizes. Also under the AI Inbox tab is a list of important topics worth browsing, nestled beneath the action items at the top. At the same time Google announced its AI Inbox, the company made free for all Gmail users multiple Gemini features that were previously available only to paying subscribers. Courtesy of GoogleSubscribers to Google's Ultra and Pro plans, which start at $20 a month, get two additional new features in their Gmail inbox.

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