Computerworld January 16, 2026
Mike Elgan

A new feature highlights one of the company’s great advantages in the future of AI assistants like smart glasses — it already has all your data.

Google this week announced the public rollout of a beta Gemini feature called Personal Intelligence. It gives Gemini access to your Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube, and Google Search data, if you grant permission, which you can do individually (for example, you can grant permission for YouTube access but not Gmail).

The rollout will take place over the coming weeks, and the feature is exclusive to English-speaking Google AI Pro or AI Ultra plan holders in the U.S.

What that means in practice is that when you ask Gemini for help planning a...

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