Turn access to Google Workspace with Gemini Alpha on or off

As a Google Workspace administrator, you can let your users try Gemini Alpha features before they're made generally available to Workspace users.

Important notes about the Alpha program

Gemini Alpha is turned off by default. Only an admin can turn it on.
You can turn on Gemini Alpha features for all of your Google Workspace with Gemini users or for a subset of Gemini users within specific organizational units or groups.
Alpha features get the same robust data protection standards that come with all Google Workspace services.
Alpha features may not be available in all editions of Google Workspace. Check the feature availability table to see what's currently available to your organization.

Periodically, Google adds or removes Gemini Alpha features, and this page is updated for the current, supported Alpha features.

Business / Enterprise

What terms apply to Alpha features?

By enabling Gemini Alpha features, you agree that the Pre-General Availability Offering Terms (excluding Section 6.1(b)), and Generative AI Services sections of the Google Workspace Service Specific Terms apply to your organization's use of the Alpha features. For clarity, Google's data protection and processing obligations with respect to Customer Data set forth in the Cloud Data Processing Addendum will apply to the Alpha features.

Features available today in Gemini Alpha

Feature availability

	Business Starter	Business Standard	Business Plus	Enterprise Standard	Enterprise Plus
Gemini in Workspace conversation history	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
New admin control for take notes for me		✔	✔	✔	✔
Help me schedule with external guests		✔	✔	✔	✔
AI overviews in Gmail	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Take notes for me decisions and concise summary		✔	✔	✔	✔
Personalized Help me Write	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Gemini for Workspace admins	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
Use third-party integrations in Gemini Apps and Workspace Studio	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔

Gemini in Workspace conversation history

Users can see prior prompts and responses in the Gemini side panel, enabling them to resume conversations across different sessions. Conversations remain private, and users can only view their conversations with Gemini. Learn more about Gemini in Workspace conversation history and data retention settings in the Admin console.

New admin control for take notes for me

To help users remember to get notes for meetings where it is most valuable, we are developing new settings for take notes for me that lets users and admins pre-configure AI note taking. Additionally, we will begin testing a new setting in Google Meet that automatically enables take notes for me for meetings with three or more participants. Learn more about take notes for me and it's admin controls.

Help me schedule with external guests

Users can offer one-time availability based on their Calendar for meetings with multiple guests, through the scheduling entry point in Gmail. Learn more about this feature.

AI overviews in Gmail

AI Overviews provides Gemini-powered summaries and answers directly within your Gmail search results, making it faster to find specific information. Learn more about AI overviews in Gmail.

Take notes for me decisions and concise summary

Take notes for me in Google Meet now offers customizable views, enabling users to toggle specific sections such as Summary, Decisions, and Action Items. This update introduces a new, Decisions section to explicitly track outcomes like "Aligned" or "Disagreements," alongside an overhauled Summary section designed for improved conciseness. These enhancements render meeting artifacts more actionable and scannable, minimizing the need for manual post-meeting formatting. Learn how to use take notes for me.

Personalized Help me Write

When you use "Help me write," it proactively takes details from your other emails and Drive files to draft a personalized response that includes relevant details and matches your tone and style without the need for explicit instructions. This information is only used to improve your drafts when you use "Help me write." Currently only available in English. Learn more about this feature.

Gemini for Workspace admins

Admins get a Gemini-powered assistant in the Admin console. This assistant helps with complex tasks and troubleshooting, and it teaches best practices. This will make administration of Google Workspace easier and efficient for businesses.

Use third-party integrations in Gemini Apps and Workspace Studio

Have your agents do tasks in third-party services using integrations. Integrations let your agents work across Google Workspace apps and other apps like Asana, Mailchimp, Slack, and Salesforce. Many integrations also work in Gemini Apps.

Learn more about Workspace Integrations.

Get access to Gemini Alpha features

Note: When you enable access to these features, you enable access to all available Alpha features. You can't control access to individual features.

In the Google Admin console, go to Menu Generative AI Gemini for Workspace.

Go to Gemini for Workspace

Requires having the Gemini Settings administrator privilege.
Click the Alpha features panel.
At the left, choose one of the following:
1. Users–check if a user currently has access to Gemini Alpha.
2. Groups–select groups that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how groups work.
3. Organizational units–select organizational units that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how organizational units work.
Click On, and then follow the on-screen prompts to enable Gemini Alpha.
(Optional) Check the box to allow your organization to participate in Google surveys. This feedback helps to improve features in Gemini.

Education

What terms apply to Alpha features?

By enabling Alpha features in Gemini for Google Workspace, you agree that the Pre-General Availability Offering Terms (excluding Section 6.1(b)), and Generative AI Services sections of the Google Workspace Service Specific Terms apply to your organization's use of the Alpha features. For clarity, Google's data protection and processing obligations with respect to Customer Data set forth in the Cloud Data Processing Addendum will apply to the Alpha features.