Again in February, Google added memories to Gemini that allowed it to recollect previous conversations. Now, Google has introduced a extra customized chat perform, which it calls Private Context. With this perform, Gemini will now be taught your preferences over time and craft responses based mostly on these preferences. 

“The Gemini app can now reference your previous chats to be taught your preferences, delivering extra customized responses the extra you utilize it,” stated Gemini app senior director Michael Siliski in a blog post. 

By way of performance, Gemini will keep in mind if you happen to inform it that you simply like. Later, while you ask it to give you concepts for you, it’ll take these preferences into consideration. For instance, Google says, if you happen to inform Gemini about your favourite comedian e book, after which later ask it that can assist you plan a themed party particular to you, it might suggest that comedian e book as a theme. It’ll then assist give you themed meals and celebration recreation concepts. 

It appears to be an iterative enchancment on the present reminiscence capabilities. Within the prior iteration, you needed to ask Gemini to particularly reference older chats to ensure that it to entry that info (and typically, it could be unable to take action). Now, Gemini constantly learns and responds with out you having to ask for it immediately. The longer you discuss to it, the extra it’ll study you and the higher tailor-made its responses will probably be. 

The brand new function retains Gemini forward of Anthropic, which launched its personal chat memory function a few days in the past for its Claude chatbot. Claude’s new reminiscence works the way in which Gemini’s used to, the place it’s a must to particularly ask Claude to reference outdated chats and apply that information to new conversations. 

Google is rolling out Private Context beginning right this moment and expects the total rollout to take a few weeks. It’ll solely be obtainable in Gemini 2.5 Professional in choose international locations, with plans to develop it to Gemini 2.5 Flash and different international locations within the coming weeks.