Gemini Personal Intelligence expands

Google has started expanding Gemini’s Personal Intelligence beyond the United States, adding India and other markets while leaving out the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the United Kingdom for now. (blog.google) (9to5google.com) Personal Intelligence is an opt-in Gemini setting that links Google services to the chatbot so it can answer with details drawn from a user’s own account. Google says the setup can connect Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube and Search in one tap. (blog.google 1) (blog.google 2) Google first introduced the feature as a beta in the United States on January 14, 2026 for Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers. By March, the company had widened access in the United States, and this week’s rollout extends it to more countries and to India specifically. (blog.google) (techcrunch.com) (9to5google.com) The product is part of Google’s push to make Gemini less like a general chatbot and more like a personal assistant that can use a person’s own files, photos and history as context. Google described that goal in January as making Gemini “more personal, proactive and powerful.” (blog.google) Google says users choose which apps to connect, and support pages say the data shared with Gemini can include emails, files, events, photos, videos and location-related information, plus insights drawn from them. Those same pages say the information may include sensitive topics such as health, religion or race if it appears in connected services. (support.google.com 1) (support.google.com 2) Google’s help documentation also says data from connected apps can be used not only to personalize responses and carry out tasks, but also to improve Google services, including training generative artificial intelligence models, for everyone. In a separate January blog post, Google said Gemini does not train directly on a user’s personal data from connected apps. (support.google.com) (blog.google) That gap reflects the difference between Google’s marketing language and its broader product policies: the company presents Personal Intelligence as optional and user-controlled, while its privacy pages spell out wider data use across Gemini apps. Google’s public help pages for Europe and the United Kingdom also include separate sections on legal bases under local data protection law. (blog.google) (support.google.com) Google has also warned that the feature can make mistakes when it tries to connect details across a user’s data. TechCrunch reported the company cautioned that Gemini may draw links between unrelated topics, a reminder that a more personalized assistant can still hallucinate. (techcrunch.com) For now, Google says the broader rollout is starting with Google AI Plus, Pro and Ultra subscribers, with free users due to get access over the next few weeks. The expansion gives Google a bigger test of whether people will trade more account access for a chatbot that knows their own digital life. (9to5google.com)