Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot

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FollowSee All GoogleGemini is in danger of going full CopilotThat dang sparkle icon is showing up everywhere these days. by Allison Johnson Allison JohnsonPosts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. FollowSee All by Allison JohnsonMay 19, 2026, 10:30 AM UTC I actually use the Gemini app quite a bit on my phone, but let’s not get carried away.

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Industry Implications

Gemini has a creep problem. A few years ago, that little sparkle icon started showing up in all of our Google apps. Gemini in your inbox!

Gemini in your Google Drive! It was slow at first, and easy enough to tune out, but something has changed in the past few months. It’s showing up in all kinds of places at a relentless pace, and personally, it’s starting to really cheese me off.

The AI-everywhere fatigue is familiar to anyone who has ever used Windows 11. Microsoft went absolutely bananas putting Copilot shortcuts onto every surface it could find, to the extreme irritation of many users. Likewise, we will doubtlessly hear about all kinds of new Gemini features at this week’s Google I/O conference, and I’m praying that Google has learned from Microsoft’s mistakes as it unleashes them on our Workspace apps.

This advance offers important signals about the future of the sector, and the tech world is watching closely.