New Delhi: Google is now expanding its recently introduced Personal Intelligence feature to AI Mode in Search, by enabling the experience to use personal context from select Google applications to deliver more relevant answers. The feature is optional and is currently available to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers in the US. Powered by the Gemini 3 model, AI Mode lets users interact with Search more naturally, including speaking a query, uploading an image, or using Google Lens to ask questions about what they see.
Personal Intelligence is especially designed to connect information across Google services to provide more tailored responses. According to the company, AI Mode can reference personal context, such as emails or photos, to offer suggestions that better fit a user’s needs. The company has also stated that this approach reduces the need for users to explain preferences or past choices repeatedly. Google has also said that Personal Intelligence focuses on two core functions. It can understand information from multiple sources. It can extract specific details from places such as emails or photos to respond to a query. By working across text, images, and videos together, the system aims to deliver answers that feel more relevant and contextual.
Personal Intelligence is enabled, and AI Mode can surface recommendations based on the user’s past behaviour. Google has also stated that these recommendations are meant to feel timely and familiar rather than generic. Personal Intelligence can also assist with travel planning. When the users search for things to do on an upcoming trip, AI Mode makes any reference hotel bookings in Gmail and travel photos in Google Photos. Using this context, it can suggest activities, restaurants, or attractions that align with past interests, instead of showing a board or a generic list.
The feature can also support shopping-related queries. If the users are preparing for the trip, AI Mode may take into account the destination, travel dates, and preferred brands before suggesting items such as clothing or accessories suited to the weather and the user’s style. Personal Intelligence is built with user control as priority, connecting services like Gmail and Google Photos is optional, and users can turn these connections off at any time. AI Mode does not directly train on users’ Gmail inboxes or Google Photos libraries. Training is limited to prompts entered in AI Mode and the responses generated, which helps improve the system over time.
