What if Gemini gives you a response that is customised just for you? Well, Gemini has introduced Personal Intelligence that securely connects information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos to make your AI Assistant uniquely helpful.
Introducing a more personal Gemini, designed for you.
Personal Intelligence draws insights from across your @Google apps to provide truly customized responses from Gemini. Learn all about it below. 🧵
— Google Gemini (@GeminiApp) January 14, 2026
Personal Intelligence
Personal Intelligence connects Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search in a single tap, and if you turn it on, you control exactly which apps to link. This new feature has two core strengths: reasoning across complex sources and retrieving specific details from an email or photo to answer your question. It often combines these, working across text, photos, and video to provide uniquely tailored answers.
For example, you can get tips for books, shows, clothes, travel, and more that will be customised based on the information extracted from your Gmail or Photos.
Since this is just the beta version, you may encounter inaccurate responses or “over-personalisation,” where the models make connections between unrelated topics. In such cases, they are requested to provide feedback by giving the response a “thumbs down” to help the model improve.
Gemini may also struggle with timing or nuance, particularly regarding relationship changes, like divorces, or your various interests.
How does it work?
Connecting your app is off by default; you can choose to turn it on, decide exactly which apps to connect, and turn it off anytime. When enabled, Gemini accesses your data to answer your specific requests and to do things for you.
Gemini will try to reference or explain the information it used from your connected sources so you can verify it. If it doesn’t, you can ask it for more information. You can also easily regenerate responses without personalisation for a particular chat, or use temporary chats to have a conversation without personalisation.
Gemini aims to avoid making proactive assumptions about sensitive data like your health, though it will discuss this data with you if you ask. You need not worry about your privacy as Gemini doesn’t train directly on your Gmail inbox or Google Photos library. It is trained on limited info, like specific prompts in Gemini and the model’s responses.
At any time, you can adjust settings, disconnect Google apps, or delete your chat history.
Availability
Personal Intelligence is launching as a beta in the US. Starting January 14, the access is rolling out over the next week to eligible Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Once enabled, it works across Web, Android, and iOS and with all of the models in the Gemini model picker.
Over time, Personal Intelligence will expand to more countries and to the free tier. It’s also coming to AI Mode in Search soon. This beta feature is available for personal Google accounts and not for Workspace business, enterprise, or education users.
If you don’t see an invitation to try it on the home screen of Gemini, you can turn it on in Settings:
- Open Gemini and tap Settings
- Tap Personal Intelligence
- Select Connected apps (Gmail, Photos, etc.)
