{"id":216751,"date":"2026-01-14T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/geminis-new-beta-feature-provides-proactive-responses-based-on-your-photos-emails-and-more-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:00:00","slug":"geminis-new-beta-feature-provides-proactive-responses-based-on-your-photos-emails-and-more-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/geminis-new-beta-feature-provides-proactive-responses-based-on-your-photos-emails-and-more-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini&#8217;s new beta feature provides proactive responses based on your photos, emails, and more | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google announced on Wednesday that it\u2019s launching a new beta feature in the Gemini app that allows the AI assistant to tailor its responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, starting with Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube history. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Gemini could already retrieve information from these apps, it can now reason across your data to provide proactive results, such as connecting a thread in your emails to a video you watched. Google says this means Gemini understands context without being told where to look.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The tech giant notes that this beta experience, called Personal Intelligence, is off by default, as users have the option to choose if and when they want to connect their Google apps to Gemini. Of course, not everyone wants AI looking at their photos and YouTube history. If you do decide to connect your apps, Gemini will only use Personal Intelligence when it determines that doing so will be helpful, Google says. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPersonal Intelligence has two core strengths: reasoning across complex sources and retrieving specific details from, say, an email or photo to answer your question,\u201d wrote Josh Woodward, VP, Gemini app, Google Labs, and AI Studio, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/innovation-and-ai\/products\/gemini-app\/personal-intelligence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">blog post<\/a>. \u201cIt often combines these, working across text, photos and video to provide uniquely tailored answers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woodward shared an example of when he was standing in line at a tire shop and didn\u2019t remember his car\u2019s tire size. While most AI chatbots can determine a car\u2019s tire size, Woodward says Gemini can go further by offering personalized responses. In his case, Gemini suggested all-weather tires after identifying family road trip photos in Google Photos. Woodward also said he forgot his license plate number, but Gemini was able to pull the number from a picture in Photos. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve also been getting excellent tips for books, shows, clothes and travel,\u201d Woodward wrote. \u201cJust this week, it\u2019s been exceptional for planning our upcoming spring break. By analyzing our family\u2019s interests and past trips in Gmail and Photos, it skipped the tourist traps. Instead, it suggested an overnight train journey and specific board games we could play along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google says it has guardrails for sensitive topics, as Gemini will avoid making proactive assumptions about sensitive data like health. However, the tech giant also notes that Gemini will discuss this data if you ask it to. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 13-15, 2026<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, Gemini doesn\u2019t train directly on your Gmail inbox or Google Photos library. Instead, it trains on specific prompts in Gemini and the model\u2019s responses. In the examples above, the photos of the road trip, the license plate picture in Photos, and the emails in Gmail are not directly used to train the model. They are only referenced to generate a response, Google says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personal Intelligence is rolling out to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. Google plans to expand the feature to more countries and Gemini\u2019s free tier.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google provided a list of example prompts to try, including \u201cHelp me plan my weekend in [city i.e. New York] based on things I like to do,\u201d \u201cRecommend some documentaries based on what I\u2019ve been curious about,\u201d or \u201cBased on my delivery and grocery receipts in Gmail, Search history, and YouTube watch history, recommend 5 YouTube channels that match my cooking style or meal prep vibe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/01\/14\/geminis-new-beta-feature-provides-proactive-responses-based-on-your-photos-emails-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google announced on Wednesday that it\u2019s launching a new beta feature in the Gemini app that allows the AI assistant to tailor its responses by connecting across your Google ecosystem, starting with Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube history. 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