AI for Google Docs
AI for Google Docs, in Docs and everywhere else
Use AI in Google Docs on Windows and Mac without a Workspace AI plan. KeyShift rewrites, fixes grammar, summarizes and translates selected text with one shortcut, in Docs and in every other app. Free plan.
Google Docs is where teams write together: the brief, the proposal, the shared notes. Gemini in Docs helps on eligible Workspace plans; on a personal account or a plan without it, you are on your own.
KeyShift works in Docs in any browser on Windows and macOS. Select text, press one shortcut, pick the action, and the result replaces the selection. The same shortcut works in the Gmail thread about the doc and in the Slack channel where it is discussed.
What you can do with KeyShift in Google Docs
A section a colleague wrote that needs tightening.
Do: Select it, press Ctrl+Shift+A, choose Shorten.
Get: Half the length, same meaning, in place.
Comments from a reviewer in another language.
Do: Select the comment text, choose Translate.
Get: The comment in your language, in a small window.
A blank doc and a deadline.
Do: Type a rough outline, then keyshift expand this into a first draft, press space twice.
Get: A draft to edit rather than a blank page.
What Google Docs' own AI covers
Gemini for Workspace drafts and refines inside Docs on plans that include it. It stays in Google apps. KeyShift works on any Google account and keeps the same actions in Word, Notion, Slack and email.
How KeyShift works, in any app
- Quick Actions: select text, press Ctrl+Shift+A (⌘⇧A on Mac), pick an action. The result replaces the selection.
- The typed trigger: write normally, add keyshift plus your instruction, press space twice. No selection, no shortcut.
- Voice (Ctrl+Shift+M), text from screen (Ctrl+Shift+O) and clipboard history (Ctrl+Shift+V) for the text you do not have yet.
- Undo any replacement with Ctrl+Shift+Z, up to 20 steps.
Windows 10 and later, macOS 11 and later, and Android. See the getting started guide.
Tips for Google Docs
- Docs suggesting mode works: the replacement shows as a suggestion your co-author can accept.
- Select within one paragraph for an exact in-place replacement; for several paragraphs, review the result in the window and paste.
Questions people ask
Is it an add-on I install in Docs?
No. KeyShift is a desktop app that works on the text in any field, so Docs needs nothing installed or approved.
Does it work with a personal Gmail account?
Yes. KeyShift does not depend on your Google plan.
What does it cost?
Free: 25 AI actions a month. Pro: €5.99 a month or €47.99 a year with 10,000 actions and your own API key.
Try it in your own apps
Free plan, 25 AI actions a month, no card needed. Pro from €4 a month billed yearly.