This topic examines the current landscape of AI email assistants and writing tools—focusing on Gemini 3’s integration into Gmail versus standalone and platform-led offerings such as ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and Apple’s AI features. AI email assistants embed generative models directly into inboxes to speed drafting, summarize threads, suggest replies and extract action items. Writing assistants cover broader needs—paraphrasing, grammar and style edits, translation, SEO optimization and content workflows. Google’s Gemini family is a multimodal model accessible via Google AI developer APIs and Vertex AI; its Gmail integrations aim to bring those capabilities into the inbox for context-aware draft generation. ChatGPT remains a widely used conversational and API-accessible assistant for customizable drafting and automation workflows. Claude emphasizes safety, controllability and long-context handling; Apple’s approach stresses on-device processing and privacy controls in native apps. Complementary tools populate the space: Copy.ai targets go-to-market content and sales workflows; QuillBot focuses on paraphrasing, grammar, citations and summarization; Notion embeds AI into a block-based workspace for knowledge and content management; DeepL provides translation and write-focused assistance; Frase combines SEO and Generative Engine Optimization to help content rank and cite accurately. As of 2026-01-13, trends favor native integrations, multimodal inputs, enterprise APIs, and consolidation of point solutions into broader platforms—while privacy, attribution, factual accuracy and model governance remain key evaluation criteria. Choosing between inbox-native assistants and standalone writing tools depends on priorities: immediacy and contextual email workflows, versus deeper editing, multilingual production, SEO and integrated content pipelines.