Google just rolled out a major AI upgrade across its entire Workspace suite, embedding its Gemini assistant directly into Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive. The new 'Help Me Create' feature can pull information from your Gmail inbox and the web to draft content on the fly. Wired's hands-on test reveals what enterprise users can actually expect from Google's latest AI productivity push.
Google is making its biggest AI bet yet on productivity software. The company's Gemini assistant is now deeply embedded across Google Workspace, bringing AI-powered content generation to the tools millions use daily for work.
The centerpiece is 'Help Me Create,' a feature that doesn't just generate text from prompts. It actively scans your Gmail, pulls relevant information from past conversations, and combines that with web research to draft documents. According to hands-on testing by Wired, the tool excels particularly at corporate writing tasks.
This isn't Google's first AI rodeo in Workspace. The company's been testing generative features since early 2023, but this rollout represents a fundamental shift in how the suite operates. Instead of AI being a sidebar feature, it's now woven into the core editing experience across Docs, Sheets, Slides and Drive.
The timing is critical. Microsoft has been aggressively pushing its Copilot AI assistant across Office 365, and early enterprise adoption numbers have been strong. Google needed to respond with something more than basic text generation, and cross-app intelligence that taps into your email history is exactly that differentiator.
What makes this launch notable is the execution. Rather than requiring users to switch contexts or open separate AI chat windows, Gemini lives directly in the document editing flow. You can highlight text, ask for rewrites, or start from scratch with prompts that reference "that email from Sarah last week about Q2 targets."
The corporate-speak observation from Wired's testing is telling. The tool gravitates toward business language, formal tone and structured formatting. That's likely intentional - Google's targeting enterprise customers who need polished internal docs, client presentations and email drafts, not creative writing or casual content.
