Respond to & manage comments with Gemini in Google Docs (Workspace Experiments)

Important: This article refers to Google Workspace Experiments, which is a trusted tester program for users to try new AI features. To check if you have access to Workspace Experiments features, open a document in Google Docs and look for Ask Gemini at the top right. Learn where you can use Workspace Experiments features.

You can use Gemini to review and summarize comments, take action on feedback, and draft responses or new comments in your tone and style.

Review comments & edit documents with Gemini

You can use Gemini to review comments and feedback, then edit the document based on the content of the comments.

1. On your computer, open Google Docs.
2. Open a document with comments.
3. At the bottom, click Ask Gemini .
4. Write your prompt. For example:
   • “Catch me up on all comments”
   • “Based on all the comments, what are the issues?”
5. Review the generated summary and the suggested next steps.
   • To find the full summary, click Show more.
6. To edit the document based on comments, ask Gemini directly. For example: “Rewrite the intro based on Anna’s comment in the document.”
7. To accept the suggestion, select Accept .

Respond & create new comments with Gemini

You can use Gemini to draft relevant replies to existing comment threads or create new comments in your tone and style.

1. On your computer, open a document in Google Docs.
2. At the bottom, click Ask Gemini .
3. To respond to an existing comment:
   1. Write a prompt like, “Reply to Liam's comment, ask for more context.”
      • Gemini generates a response in the comment. For example: “Liam, can you provide more context on this section.”
      • Tip: You can also highlight a specific comment thread and write a prompt like, “Reply to this comment.”
   2. To use the generated response, click Reply.
4. To add new comments:
   1. Ask Gemini:
      • To directly add one comment. For example: “Add a comment in the title to flag that it needs a review.”
        • Gemini generates a new comment.
      • An action that can generate multiple comments. For example: “Review this document as a creative writer, leaving comments focused on originality.”
        • Gemini reviews and adds comments in all the places the document needs originality improvement.
   2. To add the suggested comments, click Comment.

Tip: To reply to a specific comment, you can click on the comment Suggest .

Examples of how to use Gemini to manage your comments

Give feedback about comment workflows with Gemini in Docs

Google Workspace with Gemini is constantly learning and may not be able to support your request.

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can let us know by submitting feedback. Your feedback can help improve AI-assisted Workspace features and broader Google efforts in AI.

Because feedback may be human readable, please do not submit data that contains personal, confidential, or sensitive information.

1. On your computer, below the generated response, select Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
2. In the pop-up window, select if you want to share outputs along with your feedback. If you don’t want to share it, you can uncheck it.
   • If you select Bad suggestion :
     • To select the issue you found, select Next.
     • Enter additional feedback.
3. Click Submit.

To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, click Help Help Docs improve.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

Learn about Workspace Experiments feature suggestions

• Workspace Experiments feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
• Don’t rely on Workspace Experiments features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
• Workspace Experiments features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Workspace Experiments more helpful and safe.
• Don’t include personal, confidential, or sensitive information in your prompts.
• Google uses Workspace Experiments data and metrics to provide, improve, and develop products, services, and machine learning technologies across Google.
• Your Workspace Experiments Data may also be read, rated, annotated, and reviewed by human reviewers. Importantly, where Google uses Google-selected input (as described in the Privacy Notice) to generate output, Google will aggregate and/or pseudonymize that content and resulting output before it is viewed by human reviewers, unless it is specifically provided as part of your feedback to Google.

How Workspace Experiments data in Google Docs is collected

When you use the comment workflows with Gemini in Google Docs, Google uses and stores the following data:

• Prompts you enter or select
• Generated text
• Document content that is referenced to generate text

To understand how this data is used, review the Google Workspace Experiments Privacy Notice and Terms for Personal Accounts.

Related resources

• Get started with Google Workspace Experiments
• Collaborate with Gemini in Google Docs