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306 Gmail Users Can Now Access These Three AI Features Without Paying

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Tim Hardwick @ MacRumors · 01/08/2026 08:45 EDT

Gmail Users Can Now Access These Three AI Features Without Paying

Google today made three Gmail AI features free for all personal account holders in the United States, removing the subscription requirement that previously locked them behind its Google AI Pro or Ultra tiers.


"Help Me Write" allows users to enter prompts to draft entire emails from scratch. Like Apple Intelligence's Writing Tools, Help Me Write includes refinement options like Formalize, Elaborate, and Shorten, and users can also apply Polish to messages they've already written. The feature is availabl

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