Gmail, Docs and Keep Live leave beta for paying Google AI subscribers

You can now talk to your inbox instead of typing search terms into it, as long as you pay Google. Engadget reports that Gmail Live, Docs Live and Keep Live have left beta and are generally available to paying Google AI subscribers.

Gmail Live is the broadest of the three. It handles natural-language questions about your email, including follow-ups, and you can cut in mid-answer to change the subject the way you would in a real conversation. A transcript appears on screen so the exchange can be read as well as heard, with links back to the emails the answer came from. According to TechCrunch, the assistant is Gemini-powered and takes the place of typing into the search box. Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers get it on Android and iOS.

Docs Live is aimed at the blank page. It can take spoken input and help organize thoughts into a structure, and if you grant it access to Drive and Chat, it will pull from those alongside your Gmail account and the web to produce a draft for you. That one needs a Pro or Ultra plan, on Android and iOS.

Keep Live turns the notes app into a scratchpad you never have to type into. Google says it can infer intent without explicit instruction, listing grocery items under a heading like "ingredients for pesto pasta" or adding to a list you already have. TechCrunch gives the example of asking it to list ingredients for a shakshouka. It is Android only, for Pro and Ultra subscribers, at least for now.

All three work in English, and TechCrunch reports that Google said it will roll the features out to Workspace Business customers soon.

The timeline behind this is short. Google previewed the trio at I/O in May, then started beta testing Gmail Live in June as part of an effort to bring the Gemini Live experience into its own apps. It fits a wider voice push across the company's products: cross-app dictation arrived in the Mac app in April, Pixel 11 phones picked up a Gemini-powered dictation tool called Rambler last month that strips filler words out of speech, and in August Google introduced Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for speech-to-text work.