Personal Intelligence securely connects information from apps like Gmail and Google Photos to make Gemini uniquely helpful. It connects Gmail, Photos, YouTube and Search in a single tap, and we’ve designed the setup to be simple and secure,El.kz reports.
How people are using it
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.
“We needed new tires for our 2019 Honda minivan two weeks ago,” Google executive Josh Woodward wrote in a blog post. “I asked Gemini. These days any chatbot can find these tire specs, but Gemini went further. It suggested different options: one for daily driving and another for all-weather conditions, referencing our family road trips to Oklahoma found in Google Photos.
How it works
When you enable Personal Intelligence, Gemini accesses your data to answer your specific requests and to do things for you, but because this data "already lives at Google securely, you don't have to send sensitive data elsewhere to start personalizing your experience".
Gemini tries to show or explain where its answers come from so users can check the information. If something feels wrong, users can correct it or ask for more details. They can also choose to turn off personalisation for a chat or use a temporary chat without personal data. The company also said that Gemini avoids making assumptions about sensitive topics, such as health, unless the user asks.
Privacy and user control
Regarding privacy, the company stated that Personal Intelligence does not train directly on users’ Gmail inboxes or Photo libraries.
“We don’t train our systems to learn your license plate number; we train them to understand that when you ask for one, we can locate it,” Woodward said.