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Google is attempting to bridge the gap between an intelligent assistant and a personal one, and it is doing so with the launch of a new beta feature for Gemini.
That feature is called Personal Intelligence, and it lets Gemini tailor its responses by connecting itself to your Google ecosystem. This includes Gmail, Photos, Search, and even your YouTube History.
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Posts 16 By Ben KhalesiWhile Gemini can already access other Google ecosystem apps, the new AI tool will be able to get the full scope of your data to surface proactive insights, all leveraged by Gemini 3.
Personal Intelligence has two core strengths: reasoning across complex sources and retrieving specific details from, say, an email or photo to answer your question. It often combines these, working across text, photos and video to provide uniquely tailored answers.
The experience will be off by default, and if you choose to enable it, you get to decide which apps Gemini can access. If you do give the AI tool access to other Google apps and services, it will not tap into them for every query. The goal here is to use Personal Intelligence only when Gemini deems that a personalized response would be helpful.
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Because the data Gemini is accessing already lives on Google's servers, Google says that you don't have to share sensitive data outside its ecosystem to personalize your experience.
To demonstrate the feature, Google shared the results of a query about the tire size for a 2019 Honda minivan and related information. While any AI model could provide specs, Gemini with Personal Intelligence can scour through a Gmail inbox for a photo that offers details about the vehicle's trim level and license plate number. By analyzing other photos, it can suggest all-weather tires over standard ones.
"[Gemini has] been exceptional for planning our upcoming spring break," wrote Google Gemini Vice President Josh Woodward. "By analyzing our family’s interests and past trips in Gmail and Photos, it skipped the tourist traps. Instead, it suggested an overnight train journey and specific board games we could play along the way."
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Prompt examples that Google said Personal Intelligence can handle well include:
- Based on my delivery and grocery receipts in Gmail, Search history, and YouTube watch history, recommend five YouTube channels that match my cooking style or meal prep vibe.
- Recommend some documentaries based on what I’ve been curious about.
- What's a totally different career where you could see me thriving?
It's worth noting that Gemini will not use Personal Intelligence for sensitive topics like health data, though Gemini can discuss this data if you explicitly ask it to.
Google says Gemini is not trained directly on your Gmail or Google Photos data. Instead, it simply opts for a retrieval method to look for data connected to your prompt. In the minivan example, this means that the model didn't "learn" the user's license plate number, it simply referenced it to answer the query.
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Personal Intelligence is rolling out today to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the US and should be widely available there over the next week. As is the case with most new Gemini features, Personal Intelligence will expand to more countries and Gemini's free tier in the not-so-distant future.
If you're an eligible user, you should see an invitation banner to try out Personal Intelligence the next time you open the Gemini app, as seen in the image above. If you don't, or close the invitation without getting started, you can find the feature in Gemini app > Settings > Personal Intelligence.
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