Google Drive Launches AI-Powered Audio Summaries for Seamless PDF Navigation

Google Drive Launches AI-Powered Audio Summaries for Seamless PDF Navigation

Google Drive Launches AI-Powered Audio Summaries for Seamless PDF Navigation

Gemini is now transforming extensive documents into audio summaries that last just 10 minutes.

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Essential information

  • A new option in the Google Drive toolbar allows you to create a summary and play it back immediately via the Gemini side panel or retrieve it later from a newly introduced “Audio overviews” folder.
  • This feature generates concise summaries of two to ten minutes highlighting the key aspects of your document, allowing you to skip reading lengthy texts.
  • Currently available only in English, it is being rolled out to select paid Workspace subscriptions.

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Google Drive is introducing a clever functionality that processes your long PDFs and delivers a concise, easy-to-understand summary for audio playback.

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