Alphabet’s (GOOG) (GOOGL) Google took additional steps to further strengthen its Gemini artificial intelligence tools on Wednesday, giving it access to users other Google apps, including YouTube and Gmail.
Known as Personal Intelligence, the measure aims to “personalize” Gemini to make it “uniquely helpful,” the company said in a blog post. “It connects Gmail, Photos, YouTube and Search in a single tap, and we’ve designed the setup to be simple and secure,” the company added.
“Personal Intelligence combines two core strengths: reasoning across complex sources and retrieving specific details, e.g from an email or photo, to provide uniquely tailored answers,” Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said in post on X. “It’s built with privacy at the center. You choose exactly which apps to connect, these connected app settings are off by default.”
Personal Intelligence is available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. in beta. It is available on the web, Android, and iOS.
The addition of allowing Gemini to have access to additional Google services provides it with an advantage to OpenAI’s (OPENAI) ChatGPT. OpenAI has taken some steps to boost the usage and features available in ChatGPT in recent memory, including the launch of ChatGPT Health.
Earlier this week, Google and Apple (AAPL) co-announced a deal that will see Gemini help power the new, updated version of Siri, set to be released later this year. The two tech titans also said there will be “new experiences” for users as part of the partnership.