Switching AI assistants often comes with a problem you may not notice at first: you have to start from scratch. Your preferences, previous conversations, and small personal details stay behind in the other app. Google wants to remove that barrier with new tools for bringing memories and chat history directly into Gemini.
Gemini can learn from what you’ve already shared
The new memory import feature lets you transfer important information about yourself, such as your interests, relationships, and personal context. For example, Gemini could know your name, a family member’s name, where you grew up, or what kinds of recommendations you prefer—without making you repeat everything.
What’s the idea? Trying another assistant shouldn’t feel like talking to a stranger.
To import your memories, go to Gemini’s Settings and select the new import option. The app will show you a suggested prompt that you’ll need to copy and paste into your current assistant.
The other app will then generate a summary of your preferences and relevant information. You’ll only need to copy that response and paste it into Gemini. The assistant will analyze the information and save those details in its context for use in future conversations.
You can also bring over your previous conversations
Google isn’t limiting the feature to summarized data. Gemini will also begin accepting complete chat histories from other providers through a ZIP file.
Once uploaded, you’ll be able to search through previous conversations and continue working on them from Gemini. This could be useful if you’ve already compared hotels, planned a trip, developed ideas for a project, or created custom instructions on another platform.
Imagine that you spent several days planning a trip to Barcelona with another assistant. With the imported history, Gemini could help you pick up where you left off without forcing you to rebuild every decision from the beginning.
Memory connects with other Google sources
Google is also expanding the Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini. When you grant the necessary permissions, the assistant can incorporate relevant information from Gmail, Google Photos, your search history, and your previous conversations in Gemini.
This gives responses more context. A travel recommendation, for example, could take previous conversations, related emails, or places you’ve already searched for into account. The usefulness depends on the permissions you grant and the information available in your Google services.
The company is also changing the name of the “past chats” feature to “memory”, a modification that will begin appearing in the app over the next few weeks.
A practical change, but one that requires attention
The import tools will begin rolling out in the Settings section of consumer accounts. Google says the process is fast, simple, and secure, although it’s always a good idea to review what information you’re sharing before copying it or uploading it to a new service.
Your conversations may contain personal data, work information, documents, locations, or details about other people. Before importing a complete file, it’s worth checking its contents and deleting anything you don’t want to transfer.
The real competition between assistants isn’t just about who gives better answers, but also who can support you without forcing you to start from scratch.
With this update, Google is trying to make switching to Gemini a less costly decision for users. Personal AI needs context to be useful, and now that context can travel with you from other apps.