Gmail’s smart replies just got longer, but there’s a catch ($)

Gmail
has
long
offered
Smart
Reply
functionality,
letting
you
choose
from
three
quick
responses
when
responding
to
an
email.
What
if
you
need
to
quickly
send
a
longer
response,
though?
Well,
the
company
has
a
solution.

Google
announced
on
its

Workspace
blog
that
Gmail
is
now
receiving
contextual
smart
replies
powered
by

Gemini.
This
delivers
much
longer
smart
replies
crafted
by
the
firm’s
chatbot.

You
can
hover
over
each
smart
reply
to
get
a
preview
of
the
response
in
your
email
window,
with
a
tap
inserting
the
generated
reply
into
the
draft.
Naturally,
the
response
can
be
edited
as
you
see
fit.
Either
way,
this
delivers
a
much
longer
response
than
normal
smart
replies.
It
also
saves
you
from
having
to
enter
a
prompt
using
Gmail’s
Help
Me
Write
tool.

The
bad
news
is
that
you’ll
need
a
$20/month
Google
One
AI
Premium
plan
to
take
advantage
of
Gemini-powered
smart
replies
in
Gmail.
However,
the
feature
is
also
available
to
Google
Workspace
customers
with
the
Gemini
Business,
Enterprise,
Education,
and
Education
Premium
plans.