Gemini’s New Beta Feature Provides Proactive Responses Based on Your Photos, Emails, and More

Gemini’s new beta feature uses your Google data to deliver proactive, personalized AI responses—safely and on your terms.
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Gemini’s New Beta Feature Provides Proactive Responses Based on Your Photos, Emails, and More
Gemini’s New Beta Feature Anticipates Your Needs Google just rolled out a game-changing update to its Gemini app—and it might know what you need before you even ask. Announced on January 14, 2026, the new beta feature, dubbed Personal Intelligence , enables Gemini to proactively analyze your Gmail, Photos, Search, and YouTube activity to deliver context-aware answers. Unlike previous versions that required explicit prompts, this upgrade lets the AI connect dots across your digital life—like linking an email thread to a tutorial video you watched last week—to offer smarter, more relevant responses. Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images For users who’ve longed for an AI assistant that truly “gets” them, this could be a turning point. But with great personalization comes understandable privacy concerns. Google is addressing those head-on by keeping the feature off by default and giving users full control over whether—and when—to enable it. How Personal Intelligence Work…