Google’s New AI Agent for Gmail & Drive: Join the Waitlist
▼ Summary
– Google Labs announced “CC,” an experimental AI productivity agent that sends a daily “Your Day Ahead” briefing email.
– CC synthesizes your schedule, tasks, and updates by connecting to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and the web using Gemini models.
– It can prepare email drafts and calendar links, and you can steer it by replying to its daily email with corrections or to-dos.
– The service is currently in early access via a waitlist for consumer accounts in the US and Canada, prioritizing certain subscribers.
– CC is a standalone experiment, not part of Google Workspace or Gemini Apps, and users can disconnect from it at any time.
Google has introduced a new experimental AI tool designed to streamline your daily workflow. This productivity agent, named CC, acts as a personal assistant by delivering a concise morning briefing directly to your Gmail inbox. The system leverages advanced Gemini models to analyze your schedule, tasks, and important updates from connected services, presenting a unified summary to help you prioritize your day effectively.
The core function of CC is to synthesize information from your Google Calendar, Gmail, and Google Drive, alongside relevant data from the wider web. It aims to provide a clear overview of your commitments and responsibilities. For instance, it can alert you to an upcoming appointment that requires preparation or remind you about an invoice that needs payment. Beyond simple summarization, CC possesses agentic capabilities, meaning it can proactively assist by drafting email responses or generating calendar links to facilitate quick action on your part.
Interaction with the AI is designed to be intuitive. You can guide and personalize CC by simply replying to its daily “Your Day Ahead” email. This allows you to correct details, share personal preferences, store ideas for later, or add new tasks to your list. Each email also includes thumbs-up and thumbs-down buttons, enabling you to provide direct feedback to help the system learn and improve over time.
For more direct requests, users have the option to email CC directly at a specific address format. It’s important to note that CC operates with a strong privacy focus; it will only ever communicate with you, even if you add it to a group email thread to request a summary. In such cases, any analysis or reply from CC will be sent privately to you alone.
Currently, CC is available as an early-access experiment through Google Labs for consumer accounts in the United States and Canada. Access is managed via a waitlist, with priority given to Google AI Ultra subscribers and other paying customers. This is a standalone service and is not integrated into Google Workspace or the main Gemini Apps ecosystem. To join the waitlist, users must also have Workspace Smart Settings enabled on their account. Google emphasizes that users retain full control and can disconnect CC’s access at any time through their account settings.
(Source: NewsAPI Tech Headlines)
