Turn access to Google Workspace with Gemini Alpha on or off

As a Google Workspace administrator, you can let your users try Gemini Alpha features before they're made generally available to Workspace users.

Important notes about the Gemini Alpha program

• Gemini Alpha is turned off by default. Only an administrator can turn it on.
• You can turn on Gemini Alpha features for all of your Google Workspace with Gemini users or for a subset of Gemini users within specific organizational units or groups.
• Gemini Alpha features get the same robust data protection standards that come with all Google Workspace services.
• Gemini Alpha features may be subject to usage limits when they reach general availability.
• Gemini Alpha features may not be available in all editions of Google Workspace. Check the feature availability table to see what's available to your organization.

Periodically, Google adds or removes Gemini Alpha features, and this page is updated for the current, supported Gemini Alpha features.

What terms apply to Gemini Alpha features?

Features available today in Gemini Alpha

	Business Starter	Business Standard/Plus	Enterprise Standard/Plus	Google AI Pro for Education
Co-Editing in Docs		✔	✔	✔
Create content, schedule events, and coordinate tasks across apps		✔	✔	✔
Google Pics		✔	✔	✔
NotebookLM as a context source in Docs		✔	✔	✔
Gemini-powered comment workflows in Docs		✔	✔	✔
Generate and edit images with Gemini		✔	✔	✔
AI Inbox			Enterprise Plus only
Ask Gemini in Chat		✔	✔	✔
Your instructions for Gemini in Workspace		✔	✔	✔
Take notes for in-person meetings with Google Meet		✔	✔	✔
Help me Write in Docs		✔	✔	✔
Use third-party integrations in Gemini Apps and Workspace Studio	✔	✔	✔	✔

Co-Editing in Docs

A ground-up reimagining of Gemini in Docs, enabling users to create new documents, add content, and refine existing content with a writing partner that knows you. Generate relevant first drafts that automatically source data from Gmail, Drive, Chat, and the web; refine text with a brand new on-canvas Gemini interface, apply professional formatting, and keep your documents on brand with Match doc format and Match writing style. Learn more about writing with AI in Google Docs.

Create content, schedule events, and coordinate tasks across apps

You can prompt Gemini to create Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Gmail drafts, update your to-do lists, or schedule calendar events directly from wherever you are working. Whether you are collaborating in Chat, reviewing files in Drive, or working in a document, Gemini in Workspace can act as an coordinator, handling the manual creation and scheduling in the background.

Google Pics

Google Pics is an AI-powered image generation and editing tool that gives you precise control when polishing your images and designs. Pics allows you to easily transform specific parts of an image, as well as modify and translate text directly. It makes complex editing easy so teams can quickly update global marketing campaigns, swap out products in a photo for a presentation, or resize images to fit different ad layouts.

Learn more about Google Pics.

NotebookLM as a context source in Docs

You can use NotebookLM notebooks as a context source when prompting Gemini in Google Docs. This lets you ground Gemini's responses in the sources you've curated in NotebookLM.

Learn more about using sources with Google Workspace with Gemini.

Gemini-powered comment workflows in Docs

You can use Gemini to review and summarize comments, take action on feedback, and draft responses or new comments in your tone and style. Learn more how to respond to & manage comments with Gemini in Google Docs.

Generate and edit images with Gemini

You can ask Gemini to generate or modify visuals, such as infographics, diagrams, and images, directly in your document, leveraging all your shared context. Learn more about generating and editing images with Gemini in Docs.

AI Inbox

AI Inbox gives you suggested to-dos and topic summaries so you can catch up and take action quickly. Learn more about AI Inbox in Gmail.

Note: This Gemini Alpha feature is available only to users in the United States.

Sheets canvas

Sheets canvas allows users to conversationally build interactive, read-write mini-apps directly from their spreadsheet data. At this time, Sheets canvas is limited to supporting only single-table and single-header tables. Learn more about Sheets canvas.

Ask Gemini in Chat

Ask Gemini in Chat is an AI-powered assistant that helps you find quick answers from scattered information across your Google Workspace data, summarize key topics, manage your schedule and identify daily priorities. Learn more about Ask Gemini in Chat.

Your instructions for Gemini in Workspace

Your instructions for Gemini in Workspace is a new feature that lets users write instructions for how they want Gemini to behave. Users can save these short preferences for Gemini to reference in future generations.

Learn more about your instructions for Gemini in Workspace.

Take notes for in-person meetings with Google Meet

You can let people in your organization use AI note-taking during in-person meetings. After the meeting ends, the notes are stored in Google Drive and emailed to the person who started the note-taking.

Learn more about take notes for in-person meetings.

Note: This feature is rolling out to Android devices first. It will be available on the web and iOS devices later in April.

Help me Write in Docs

Transform your writing with Gemini in Docs: generate relevant content using your Workspace data, create richly formatted text with a single prompt, and see your edits directly on the canvas. Learn more about writing with AI with Gemini.

Use third-party integrations in Gemini Apps and Workspace Studio

Have your agents do tasks in third-party services using integrations. Integrations let your agents work across Google Workspace apps and other apps like Asana, Mailchimp, Slack, and Salesforce. Many integrations also work in Gemini Apps.

Learn more about Workspace Integrations.

Get access to Gemini Alpha features

Note: When you enable access to these features, you enable access to all available Gemini Alpha features. You can't control access to individual features.

1. In the Google Admin console, go to Menu Generative AI Gemini for Workspace.

   Go to Gemini for Workspace

   Requires having the Gemini Settings administrator privilege.

2. Click the Gemini Alpha features panel.
3. At the left, choose one of the following:
   1. Users–check if a user currently has access to Gemini Alpha.
   2. Groups–select groups that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how groups work.
   3. Organizational units–select organizational units that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how organizational units work.
4. Click On, and then follow the on-screen prompts to enable Gemini Alpha.
5. (Optional) Check the box to allow your organization to participate in Google surveys. This feedback helps to improve features in Gemini.