Summary
If you use Google’s Gemini regularly, it has probably picked up a few things about you along the way: where you live, what you do for work, maybe the name of your dog or the trip you were planning in the spring. Until recently, there was no simple way to see all of that in one place. Now there is. Google has started rolling out a feature called Memory summary, which, in Google’s words, lets you “view, edit, and delete what Gemini Apps understands about you” as reported by 9to5Google. What the Memory summary shows Instead of scattered details buried in old chats, the summary sorts what Gemini has learned into categories. According to 9to5Google, these include “The Essentials,” described as a “snapshot of your core background, location, and key relationships,” along with sections on career and professional projects, travel and daily gear, media and entertainment, and fitness and lifestyle. Each section contains a handful of short bullet points. For many people, the first look will be the interesting part. It shows, in plain language, the version of you that the assistant has built from your conversations. Some of it may be accurate. Some of it may be out of date. Some of it you may not remember ever telling it. Where to find it On the web, go to Gemini’s Settings, choose Personal Intelligence, then Memory summary, or go directly to gemini.google.com/personalization-settings. That opens the categorized summary. There’s a catch on availability. 9to5Google reports that, officially, the feature is for Google AI subscribers using US English, with the Keep Activity and Memory settings turned on. Android Headlines adds that testing by Android Authority found it working on some free accounts through a web browser, but that Google “has not announced when the feature will officially expand to free accounts or additional languages globally.” How to change or delete what it remembers At the bottom of the summary, there’s a text box where you can tell Gemini what to add or remove in ordinary language. 9to5Google gives examples such as “Add to my memory that I speak Japanese” and “Remove my old phone number from your memory.” Google says Gemini “may ask follow-up questions if your request is ambiguous to ensure your summary remains accurate.” How Gemini’s memory got here Gemini has had some form of memory since late 2024. When it first arrived, TechCrunch reported that it was limited to subscribers on Google’s $20-a-month AI plan, worked only on the web, and supported English only. You could ask it to remember preferences, like favorite foods or “Use simple language and avoid jargon,” and it would factor them into later answers. At the time, Google’s support page said the feature “can be switched off at any time,” but that memories “are stored until manually deleted.” A Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that “your saved information is never shared or used to train the model.” The new summary goes well beyond a list of preferences you asked it to save. It sorts what Gemini “understands about you” into a profile, which is why a single place to review it matters. A five-minute check An assistant that remembers context can be more useful. It also means a running profile of you exists, built from things you may have mentioned in passing. Opening the summary once, correcting what’s wrong and deleting anything you’d rather it didn’t keep is a small job.