Gemini now wants the memories you gave someone else
Google is making it easier for people to move from rival chatbots to Gemini.
The company has introduced new “switching tools” that let users bring over chat history and personal details from other AI assistants.
That includes things like preferences, relationships, and other background context the chatbot has learned over time.
The aim is simple: help users avoid starting from scratch.
Instead of spending time teaching Gemini the same details again, users can transfer that information from another chatbot and carry on with more continuity.
For memories, Gemini suggests a prompt that users can paste into their current chatbot.
That chatbot then generates a response containing useful personal context, which can be copied back into Gemini.
Google says this can include things like your interests, family details, or where you grew up.
What you should know:
Google now lets users import both personal context and chat history from other chatbots into Gemini.
The feature is designed to reduce the hassle of retraining a new assistant from scratch.
It also shows how competitive the consumer chatbot market has become.
Pick up where you left off
For chat history, users can upload exported conversations as a zip file.
Google says Gemini can then use those chats so people can continue from where they left off and search through previous conversations more easily.
The move comes as competition between chatbot providers heats up.
OpenAI said last month that ChatGPT had reached 900 million weekly active users.
Google, meanwhile, said during Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings call that Gemini had passed 750 million monthly active users.
The new feature looks like part of Google’s wider push to make Gemini more appealing to users already settled into other AI platforms.
This is less “new feature” and more “come here, I can treat you better.” - MG