GoogleThursday, January 15, 2026

Gemini's Personal Intelligence Upgrade

Google's new feature lets Gemini access your Gmail, Photos, and YouTube automatically

The Rundown

Google just launched Personal Intelligence, a new beta feature that lets Gemini reason across apps like Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search data to deliver more personalized responses without users needing to specify which app to pull from.

The Details

•Personal Intelligence connects Google's app suite to Gemini, letting the assistant reference user data across services
•Users can ask complex questions like 'Show me hidden gems I might enjoy in Chicago' and Gemini pulls from YouTube history, search patterns, and photos
•Personal Intelligence is off by default, with Google saying it won't train its AI models directly on connected info
•Rolling out to Gemini AI Pro and Ultra subscribers in the U.S. first, with plans to expand to free tiers

Why It Matters

This feels like Google is finally playing the card its AI rivals will always struggle to match: billions of users already living inside Gmail, Photos, and YouTube. As frontier models all become extremely capable for the average user, deep integrations with personal context from widely used apps will be the big differentiator.

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