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.
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.
Features available today in Gemini Alpha
Feature availability
| Gemini Education | Gemini Education Premium | |
|---|---|---|
| Create AI video | ✔ | ✔ |
| Gems in the side panel of Workspace apps | ✔ | ✔ |
| AI formulas in Sheets | ✔ | ✔ |
| Help me create a form | ✔ | ✔ |
Create AI video
Users in Vids can write a text prompt to generate a video which can be used to visually represent a scene's message. This makes it easier to create videos with relevant visual assets.
Learn more about using AI to generate video clips.
Gems in the side panel of Workspace apps
Workspace users can now supercharge their productivity with Gems, custom versions of Gemini, directly in the Gemini side panel. Chat with Google’s premade Gems or create your own, on topics like writing sales proposals or analyzing customer feedback. Simply open the Gemini side panel and select your preferred Gem to get started. To create a new Gem, visit gemini.google.com or open the Gemini mobile app. Learn how to create a Gem.
Gems is currently available in alpha in the side panel of Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drive.
AI formulas in Sheets
Users can access Gemini within a cell to create columns of data. Users can enter a specific prompt to describe a desired action and add an optional range: =AI(”prompt”, [optional range])to solve use cases of text generation, summarization, categorization, and sentiment analysis.
Learn more about using AI formulas in Sheets.
Help me create a form
Help form creators quickly get started with form creation with the help of AI! A form creator can type in what kind of form they want to create in Google Forms and forms uses AI to create a first draft of the form to help the form creator get started quickly.
Learn more about using Gemini in Google Forms.
Get access to Gemini Alpha features
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Sign in with an administrator account to the Google Admin console.
If you aren’t using an administrator account, you can’t access the Admin console.
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Go to Menu
Generative AI > Gemini for Workspace.
Requires having the Gmail > Settings administrator privilege.
- Click the Alpha features panel.
- At the left, choose one of the following:
- Users–check if a user currently has access to Gemini Alpha.
- Groups–select groups that will get access to Gemini Alpha. Learn how groups work.
- 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.
