Google Labs has launched CC, an experimental AI productivity agent built on Gemini that lives entirely in your Gmail inbox and sends you a personalized “Your Day Ahead” briefing every morning. CC connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive and the wider web to organize your schedule, tasks, and important updates into one clear summary so you always know what to do next.
What is Google Labs CC?
- CC is an email‑based AI productivity agent currently available as a Google Labs experiment for consumer Google accounts in the US and Canada.
- Instead of a new app, CC communicates only via email, using Gemini models to understand your day and suggest the next best actions.
Key features and capabilities
- Your Day Ahead briefing: Every morning, CC sends a single email summarizing your agenda, key meetings, upcoming bills, deadlines, and important messages you should not miss.
- Actionable help: CC can prepare email drafts and calendar links directly from your briefing so you can reply, reschedule, or confirm events in just a few clicks.
- Always‑on context: It continuously reads signals from Gmail, Calendar, Drive and relevant web data to keep your daily summary up to date as things change.
How CC works inside Gmail
- CC appears as an address like “[your‑username]+cc@gmail.com” and only ever emails you; even when added to a thread, its replies stay private in your inbox.
- You can steer CC by replying to its emails to correct details, share preferences, save ideas, or add new to‑dos, which helps it personalize future briefings.
- Each briefing includes thumbs up/down controls so you can quickly give feedback and improve the quality of summaries over time.
Availability, access and requirements
- CC launched in mid‑December 2025 as an early‑access Google Labs experiment, with a public waitlist now open.
- Early access is prioritized for Google AI Ultra and paid Gemini subscribers on consumer Google accounts in the US and Canada, with 18+ age requirements mentioned by some reports.
- To sign up, users visit the official Labs page at labs.google/cc, join the waitlist, and then grant CC permission to connect to Gmail, Calendar, and Drive once approved.
Why CC matters for productivity
CC represents Google’s move from static assistants to agentic AI that proactively plans your day, similar in spirit to briefing tools like ChatGPT Pulse but tightly integrated with Gmail and Workspace.
For busy knowledge workers, freelancers, and students, CC can reduce morning “scroll time,” surface critical information automatically, and save time on email triage, scheduling and follow‑ups.
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