Hands-on
Does AI need access to your inbox?
You want to find the new delivery time in a long email thread. Your assistant offers to connect to your inbox.
A closer look
If you already have the thread open, the last few messages in the thread may be enough. Share only the relevant excerpt if you’re allowed to give it to the service. Ask for the new time and the sentence it came from. Then check the original to see whether it was confirmed or merely suggested.
Connecting an app can be handy if you regularly search through lots of mail. Look at the permissions it asks for. Can it read and copy your data, or also change or delete it? Google’s account help explains which permissions third-party apps may request. If you use a Google Account, you can review and revoke access there. If the app has already copied data, you may need to ask its developer to delete it separately.
Try it. Open the list of connected apps in your Google Account. Pick one and check what you set it up for and what it can do today.
Try it yourself
What should I check?
Check who confirmed which time and when in the original. A suggestion remains open until confirmed.
Copy this template
An editorial template to try.
Summarise only the email excerpt below. State the latest confirmed delivery time and the original sentence that supports it. Separate confirmed details, suggestions and open questions. Flag contradictions. Insert the excerpt you are allowed to share here.
Sources
- Google Account Help on third-party access
Primary source · read 8 November 2026