With new Gemini features, Google wants to transform Drive “from a passive storage container into an active knowledge base.” These updates are also coming to Google Slides and Sheets, starting today for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, as well as Gemini Alpha business customers for US-English.
Google Drive
Like Gmail in January, Google Drive search is getting overhauled with AI Overviews. The goal is to replace keyword queries with semantic search that generates a “highly relevant list of documents or a complete answer with citations.”
For example you can ask “Help me find customer feedback from the winter 2025 campaign.” Gemini’s advanced reasoning pulls the answer, quickly summarizing the exact details you need.
Meanwhile, Ask Gemini in Google Drive lets you go deeper. You can “ask questions and get detailed responses, all based on the content from your files in Drive, as well as Gmail, Calendar, and Chat.” Filters let you control what sources are included and narrow to specific folders and files.
