Google Gemini can now remember who you are

Tired of reminding your chatbot that you are a vegetarian or that you code in Python every single time you start a new thread? Google is finally fixing that.

Google Gemini can now remember your personal preferences, interests, and background across conversations. The rollout is currently landing for Gemini Advanced users via the Google One AI Premium subscription, and it is English-only for now.

Teach it in chat or manage your dossier

Getting Gemini to remember things is pretty straightforward. You can naturally mention your hobbies, your job, or your life goals during regular chats, and the model will pick them up.

If you prefer tighter control, Google added a dedicated Saved Info page. You can jump in there to manually add explicit rules, like asking it to only suggest vegetarian dinner ideas, or review and delete whatever Gemini has jotted down about you. Gemini will also notify you whenever it pulls saved info into an answer.

Why it matters

Memory is what turns a generic chatbot into a genuine personal assistant. Without having to paste the same background context into custom instructions over and over, advanced users can save serious time.

Google is undeniably playing catch-up here. OpenAI introduced memory to ChatGPT Plus subscribers back in April, setting user expectations for persistent context across sessions.

What Google got right, in our view, is the clean transparency. Giving users an explicit dashboard to edit and purge memories, while openly labeling when personal data influences a response, is exactly the kind of control users need before trusting an AI with their actual lives.