Now everyone in the US gets Google’s custom Gemini AI

Google Announced on Tuesday All users in the United States will now be able to access it Personal intelligence The feature that lets you link different Google apps to provide context for Gemini’s responses and suggestions. Access was previously limited to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Now, free tier users in the US can also use Personal Intelligence through AI mode in Search, Gemini in Chrome, and the Gemini app. However, the feature is currently only available to personal Google account users, and not business, enterprise, or education users.

Personalized Intelligence uses data from connected apps, like YouTube, Google Photos, and Gmail, to automatically personalize Gemini’s responses without you having to manually add additional context to your prompts. With the feature turned on, Gemini may give you shopping recommendations based on items you’ve recently purchased or give you troubleshooting tips based on device information Gemini already has. when Allison Johnson tried it earlier this yearWith personalization, she said, “Gemini can analyze my interests and make some good guesses about what I’ll be interested in; it’s the details where AI gets lost.”

This feature is still opt-in only, so if you don’t want Gemini to use information from any of your other Google apps, you can leave it turned off. Users can also disconnect apps from personal intelligence at any time, Google said in its blog post on Tuesday. Add that “Gemini mode and AI do not train directly on your Gmail inbox or Google Photos library. We train on limited information, such as specific prompts in Gemini or AI mode and form responses.”