Not to mention - they have the internet already indexed (they have a local copy), all books, and youtube. Beyond that, everyone "connects" to Gmail, but google HAS Gmail.
I don't know what to make of it, but from my experience, Gemini in Gmail is the worst AI integration for Gmail, just like Copilot in PowerPoint is the worst AI integration for PowerPoint.
I agree with you there - what I mean however is more about the vast amount of training data available to Google. Productwise - I have a feeling the 100x'rs that made Google Maps (and even Gmail itself) have moved on. They're going to need to do more than just tell an agent to add agentic features to Gmail