Claude integrates Gmail and Google Drive management features across all paid plans

Anthropic just turned Claude into something closer to a full-blown executive assistant. The company’s AI chatbot can now send emails through Gmail, manage files in Google Drive, and interact with Google Calendar, all from within the conversational interface that paid users already know. The Google Workspace connectors are available across all paid Claude plans, though Team and Enterprise accounts will need an admin to flip the switch before individual users can access them. For everyone else, the integrations are live and ready to use inside Claude’s chat, including on Claude Desktop. From read-only to full control This isn’t Claude’s first encounter with Google’s productivity suite. The initial integration phase launched back in April 2025, but it was deliberately limited. Users could read emails, glance at calendar events, and pull up Google Docs. The February 2026 expansion under what Anthropic called its “Claude Cowork” tool rollout changed the equation. That update introduced write access and broader productivity capabilities, setting the stage for the full connectors now available. With the current release, Claude can search through email threads, draft and send messages, per...