Google has also activated the Extensions for Gemini in Italy, which allow you to integrate the use of the chatbot with information from other Google services such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Maps, YouTube, Flights and Hotels.
Gemini moves closer to the user
To activate Extensions, open the hamburger menu at the top left of the Gemini website, choose Settings, then Extensions. You will access the list of those available, each with its own activation flag.
With these extensions, Gemini will then be able to access Google Workspace services and, for example, Find, summarize, and get answers from content in Gmail, Drive, and Docs.
We tried to get them to tell us how many and which emails we received today and Gemini listed them for us. Then we asked him to summarize a text document written with Docs present in Driveand he only made one mistake.
Then we asked him to calculate routes between cities and he used Google Maps. Although Gemini enters our position at the end of the itinerary screen, if we ask it to calculate a route from where we are it cannot locate us, even if we use the reference to Home.
Gemini then gave us information on flights for London and Amsterdam and recommended two and three star hotels, upon our subsequent request. And he showed us videos for removing grease stains from the carpet.
Regarding privacy and content sharing, Google has a support page that indicates the policies followed.
To respond to the user, apps with Gemini share information from the conversation, preferences such as language and device type, and location data. The data is used to satisfy the specific request; maintain Google technologies that underpin app extension integrations with Gemini, such as APIs; and for the improvement of these services.
In reference to Extensions for Google Workspace, the contents cannot be viewed or reviewed by reviewers; they are not used to improve the generative machine learning technologies underlying Gemini apps; they are not used to show you ads; and are not stored after the period of time necessary to provide and maintain the Gemini Apps services has elapsed.
