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Gemini

The Google-connected helper

Gemini's superpower is that it lives inside Google. If your life already runs on Gmail, Docs, Calendar, Drive and YouTube, Gemini can read across all of them and actually take action. It's free for most people through a normal Google account.

WorkspaceDeep ResearchYouTubeGemsLive camera

Start here

4 lessons · about 10 min

Moderate

4 lessons · about 21 min

Advanced

4 lessons · about 28 min

Start here

If you've never opened it before. Do these in order.

Moderate

Once the basics feel natural, level up with these.

Advanced

The power-user stuff. Optional, but this is where it gets fun.

Watch out for

You have to grant Workspace access for the Google-data tricks to work. Grant one app at a time.
Image generation of faces and text-in-images is still shaky.
Deep Research is slow (minutes, not seconds), plan for that.
Like every AI, it will be wrong sometimes. Always sanity-check important facts.

Put it to work

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Gemini

Start here

1Open Gemini for the first time2 min · It's already tied to your Google account

2Ask about your own stuff3 min · Turn on Workspace access once

3Summarise a YouTube video2 min · Skip the 40-minute video

4Use it inside Gmail & Docs3 min · Same helper, right where you work

Moderate

1Try Deep Research8 min · Multi-page reports with sources

2Build your first Gem6 min · A persistent mini-assistant

3Generate images3 min · Describe → picture

4Live voice & camera4 min · Point, ask, get an answer

Advanced

1Chain Gemini across Docs, Sheets & Slides8 min · One thought → three deliverables

2Automate a weekly digest8 min · A Gem that does the same thing every Monday

3Use Gemini in Chrome5 min · Ask about the page you're on

4Try Gemini's coding side7 min · For power users and tinkerers

Watch out for

Put it to work