Google just launched a new feature for its Gemini AI called “Personal Intelligence.” This update helps the chatbot understand you better by pulling information from your other Google apps. If you choose to turn it on, Gemini can look through your Gmail, Google Photos, Search history, and YouTube activity to give you answers that actually fit your life. For now, only people in the U.S. who pay for Google AI Pro or Ultra accounts can use it. Google keeps the feature off by default, so you have to go into your settings and enable it yourself.
You stay in the driver’s seat with this update. You decide exactly which apps the AI can access. Google also promises that while Gemini looks at your private files, like emails and photos, to help you, it doesn’t use that private data to train its general AI system. Instead, it only learns from the questions you type and the responses it provides. If a personal answer feels a bit off, you can tell Gemini to “try again” without using your personal info. You can also delete your chat history at any time.
Google is moving fast to put Gemini into almost everything they make. You can already find the AI in Gmail, on smart TVs, and in the Chrome browser on your phone. Even Apple recently joined the party, announcing that Siri will start using Gemini as part of a new multi-year deal.
However, Google admits that the AI still struggles sometimes. It might “over-personalize” things, which means it might see patterns or connections where they don’t actually exist. This isn’t surprising, as Google’s AI has a history of strange glitches. In the past, it has made up fake sayings, called itself a failure, and generated historically inaccurate images.
Currently, Personal Intelligence is available in the Gemini app on the web, Android, and iOS. Google plans to bring it to the AI mode in Search very soon. Eventually, they want to release it in more countries and make it available for people using the free version of Gemini.
