Building a Gmail Assistant Requires Google's Approval First
WiseIndependent15 · reddit · 2026-07-16
The author, who is building an iMessage text assistant called Dexi, points out that the widely criticized "100-user beta limit" isn't artificial scarcity. Instead, **if a product touches Gmail or Calendar, it must pass Google's security review first**. Until the review is complete, the tester cap remains at 100, and it is **lifetime cumulative**: if users churn, those slots are not freed up. The author mentions they are currently undergoing this review, incurring costs of **a few thousand dollars and months of waiting**. They also observed that the primary users for such assistants aren't tech-savvy individuals, but professionals like **notaries and wedding photographers** who want an assistant to follow up on and send emails on their behalf.
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