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You can now talk to your Gmail inbox, as seen at Google IO 2026

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Google is adding a voice-based feature that lets users speak directly to their Gmail inbox, enabling conversational interaction with email. The capability was demonstrated at the recent Google I/O event, where the company showed how the AI-driven tool can understand spoken commands and respond within Gmail. This new functionality aims to make email handling more natural and hands-free.
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