Gemini’s Deep Research can now use your Gmail, Drive, Docs & Chat to build personalized reports

Google has expanded Gemini’s Deep Research tool so it can reference your personal Google data — including Gmail, Drive (Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDFs) and Chat — when generating in‑depth reports. The feature aims to let Gemini produce more tailored, actionable outputs by combining your private notes and communications with public sources.

Deep Research can now cross‑reference your emails, documents and chat history with web results to create things like marketing analyses, competitor comparison spreadsheets or synthesis reports that reflect your team’s internal work. Google says the update was highly requested and will be available to free and paid users.

How it works & controls

• Selective access: You control which services Gemini may use. In the Deep Research interface there’s a dropdown where you can toggle Search, Gmail, Drive and Chat individually before running a query.
• Desktop first: The capability is rolling out on desktop now, with mobile support “in the coming days,” according to Google.
• Privacy & scope: Gemini only uses the account data you explicitly grant access to for the duration of the request, but users should review permissions and Google’s data handling policies before enabling access.

Why this matters

Allowing Deep Research to read your work emails, docs and chats can significantly improve relevance: the AI can reference your team’s notes, past analyses and conversations to produce reports that reflect internal context rather than generic web‑only summaries. That makes the tool more useful for business users, students and anyone who wants reports grounded in their own materials.

At the same time, incorporating private data raises privacy and security questions. Google offers per‑service toggles, but users should weigh convenience against the sensitivity of the documents they might expose. Organizations should update governance and review policies if employees plan to use Deep Research with company data.

Practical examples

• Ask Deep Research for a marketing analysis and let it pull your campaign docs and team chats to produce a competitor comparison spreadsheet.
• Request a project status report that synthesizes recent emails, meeting notes and task lists stored in Drive.
• Have the tool draft a literature review using your saved PDFs alongside web sources.

Availability & what to check

• Available now on desktop and rolling out to mobile soon.
• Accessible to free and paid Gemini users in supported regions — check Google’s announcements for specifics.
• Review permission prompts and Google’s privacy docs before enabling access to sensitive accounts.

For official details and updates, see Google’s Gemini or Workspace release notes (opens in a new tab): Google AI.

Discussion: Would you grant Gemini access to your Gmail and Drive to get deeply personalized research — or keep private documents off‑limits? What safeguards would make you comfortable?