Google brings Gemini to India

Google is bringing Gemini’s Personal Intelligence feature to India, letting the chatbot answer questions using a user’s own Gmail, Photos, YouTube and Search data. (blog.google) Google announced the India rollout on April 14, 2026. The feature is off by default, and users choose which Google apps to connect and can turn those links off later. (blog.google) In practice, Google says a user can ask Gemini a question like “What are my travel plans for Jaipur?” and get an answer pulled from booking emails, saved photos and recent activity. Google also says Gemini will point to the sources it used so users can check the answer. (blog.google) At launch in India, Personal Intelligence is limited to Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra subscribers. Google told reporters it plans to expand the feature to free users in the coming weeks. (indianexpress.com, techcrunch.com) The India launch follows a January 14, 2026 beta debut in the United States for paid tiers, a March expansion to all United States users, and a later rollout in Japan. India is one of Google’s biggest markets, and the company has been adding Gemini features there in quick succession. (blog.google, techcrunch.com) Google is also adding a second layer to that push inside Chrome. On April 14, it launched “Skills in Chrome,” which lets users save a prompt from Gemini in Chrome and rerun it with one click on the page they are viewing. (blog.google) Google says those saved Skills can work on a single page or across selected tabs. Its examples include comparing product specifications, scanning long documents for key points and calculating nutrition details from recipes. (blog.google) Chrome’s broader Gemini rollout had already reached India on March 11, 2026, along with New Zealand and Canada, and Google said those browser features support more than 50 additional languages, including Hindi. On desktop and iOS, Gemini in Chrome opens without leaving the current tab; on Android, Google says users can trigger Gemini by holding the power button while using Chrome and other apps. (blog.google) Google is pitching both products as optional and privacy-controlled. The company says Personal Intelligence does not require sending data outside Google’s own services to personalize responses, and Chrome’s saved Skills ask for confirmation before actions like sending an email or adding a calendar event. (blog.google, blog.google) Google has also warned that the system can misread context. In its own example, Gemini might infer that a user loves golf from a large number of golf-course photos, when the real reason is that the user was watching a son play. (techcrunch.com, indianexpress.com) The combined move puts Google’s newest AI features inside products millions of people already use every day: the Gemini app and the Chrome browser. In India, that means personalization is arriving less as a new destination and more as a layer on top of email, photos, search and tabs people already have open. (blog.google, blog.google, blog.google)