Google's Gemini now enables you to schedule Google Calendar meetings

Google is launching a brand new tool that uses AI to make it easier for Gmail users with Google Calendar to plan their meetings. On Tuesday the corporate began a Gemini-powered “Help Me Schedule” feature that determines ideal meeting times based on calendar availability after which displays them to the person you email to schedule a gathering.

The company notes that the feature is designed for one-on-one conversations, not those with multiple contacts or group meetings.

The launch of the brand new feature comes amid a flood of Google Workspace Announcements that concentrate on integrating AI more deeply into users' on a regular basis tools. This includes the introduction from Google's latest image editor Nano Banana and Gemini features in Google Slides; Tools for sharing custom AI assistants called Gems with other team members; latest formats in NotebookLM; improved AI video tools in Google Vids; and more.

To use the meeting scheduling option, click the brand new “Help me schedule” button that appears below your email compose screen in Gmail. This will display a spread of time slots wherein you’ve gotten free availability. You can click the Edit button to vary or remove a number of the options, then paste them into your email and send it to the recipient as usual. When the recipient selects a time that's convenient for them, the calendar invitation mechanically appears on each people's calendars.

While there are already several meeting assistants and automatic scheduling tools in the marketplace from Calendly, Doodle, Zoom, HubSpot, and others, Google notes that its tool uses Gemini's AI to leverage the context of the e-mail when making its meeting suggestions. For example, if someone writes in the e-mail that they need to book a 30-minute time slot next, Meeting Assistant will only suggest half-hour time slots that suit your schedule until the top of next week.

Google previously offered one Scheduling function in Google Calendarhowever it was neither integrated with Gmail nor did it use AI.

Separately, Google updated one other Workplace feature on Tuesday: pay attention to that Google Keep reminders at the moment are mechanically saved to Google Tasks.