Google Drive’s Ask Gemini and AI Overviews come to Android

After debuting on the web earlier this year, Google Drive is bringing Ask Gemini and AI Overviews to mobile.

Ask Gemini brings the side panel to Google Drive for Android and iOS. Appearing to the right of the search bar, you can have “multi-turn conversations to efficiently explore and understand content across Drive, other Workspace apps, and the web.”

Tapping launches the fullscreen interface with a prompt box. The ‘plus’ menu lets you add files for context, as well as select “where Gemini can search.” This includes Drive, Gmail, Chat, Calendar, and web.

The hamburger button in the top-left corner opens your Conversation history.

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Dedicated conversations: Engage in focused discussions about specific sets of files and folders. By grounding your questions in the relevant content, you get more precise, actionable answers.
Persistent conversation history: Easily pick up where you left off. Your past chats are saved, allowing you to quickly revisit previous insights about specific folders or projects without starting over.
Secure and compliant: Ask Gemini in Drive is built directly into the Drive architecture, it never copies or replicates your files. It honors your existing data protection and security controls, including access permissions, DLP policies, and IRM, ensuring Gemini only accesses content you are authorized to see.

Meanwhile, the search bar is getting its own upgrade with AI Overviews. Gemini will provide “instant answers right at the top of your search results” without having to manually open files. These summaries can pull “from multiple files without needing to open each one.” Additionally:

Ask naturally: There’s no need to use complicated search tricks. Just ask a question as you would to a colleague, like “What’s in our Spring 2026 catalog?”
Get the right answer:…

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