How Katie uses Gmail

Katie uses Gmail only to send emails you approve, one by one. It asks Google for permission to send email and nothing else. It never reads, lists or searches your mail.

Every email waits for you

When you ask Katie to write an email, it drafts one and waits. You see exactly what will go out: who it's from, who it's to, the subject and the message. Nothing is sent until you approve that exact draft, in the Katie app on your Mac or on this website. You can also reject it, or ask for a new draft. Katie sends an approved email once and adds nothing to it. Voice can never approve an email.

Connecting Gmail is separate from signing in

Signing in to Katie with Google only signs you in. It does not give Katie access to Gmail. Connecting Gmail is its own step, with its own Google screen.

How to connect Gmail

In the Katie app on your Mac, choose Connect Gmail.
Read the notice about what Katie will and won't do, then continue to Google.
On Google's page, pick your account and keep “Send email on your behalf” ticked. Without it, Katie can't send anything.

You can only connect Gmail from the Mac app, not from this website.

How to disconnect Gmail

Disconnect whenever you like, in any of these places:

In the Katie app on your Mac.
On this website, under Connected accounts (sign in first).
In your Google Account's list of third-party connections: myaccount.google.com/connections.

Disconnecting stops sending at once. Any draft that is still waiting for your approval will then fail without being sent.

During the beta: connect again every 7 days

While Google is still reviewing Katie, Google asks you to connect Gmail again every 7 days. When that time is up, Katie can't send until you reconnect in the Mac app.