Google recently announced a new feature for Drive designed to help you keep track of what has changed in your files without having to dig through them manually. The feature, called "Catch me up", shares its name with a similar tool in Google Chat, which helps users quickly catch up on conversations without scrolling through long message threads.
With the new feature, Gemini will now attempt to identify files in your Drive that have been altered since you last opened them, offering a summary of these changes. This aims to save you the headache of figuring out what is new or crucial. This covers edits made to Docs and also new comments left on Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Google clarifies that this summary is not exhaustive but is meant to point out potentially important updates.
To use it, you can find a "Catch me up" prompt on the Google Drive Home page, and clicking it will bring up the summary in the Gemini side panel. Alternatively, for individual files, you will see an activity indicator on documents that have likely changed. You can click this indicator directly or select the file and hit a "catch me up" button in the selection toolbar to get the lowdown.
The feature is currently available in English and has begun rolling out to users on both Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains. It could take up to 15 days for everyone eligible to see it. It is coming to Google Workspace accounts, including Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus, as well as customers with a Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on, and Google One AI Premium subscribers. Users who previously bought the Gemini Business or Gemini Enterprise add-ons before those were discontinued for new sales on January 15, 2025, will also get access.
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