Google brings voice-based prompting to Docs, Keep, and Gmail at I/O conference

At Google I/O, Google announced voice-based prompting features for Workspace apps including Docs, Keep, and Gmail to help users create drafts, take notes, and search for emails.

In Docs, users can create draft documents by voice and perform multiple tasks in a single utterance—such as fetching résumé details from Drive, adding event logistics from email, and including anecdotes—without typing or conducting a multi-turn conversation. The feature understands when users change their mind and asks for a detail to be changed in the same conversation turn.

In Keep, users can voice-dump their thoughts and the app will use AI to turn the transcription into a structured note or list. In Gmail, users can converse with Gemini and ask for details like their next flight, Airbnb booking code, or physician appointment time.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that in the future, users will be able to create and edit documents using their voice.