Gemini - Introducing temporary chats and new data controls

Introducing temporary chats and new data controls

Hi,

To help you manage and remain in control of your data, we are introducing a new feature in Gemini Apps called Temporary Chat and updating your data controls in Gemini Apps activity.

• Temporary chats: With this new feature rolling out over the coming days, you'll be able to quickly start a new chat with Gemini that won't be used to personalise future chats or train models. Temporary chats also won't appear in Recent chats or Gemini Apps activity. They'll be saved for 72 hours so that Gemini can respond to you and for safety purposes. Learn how to start a temporary chat.

• Your uploads: We're also updating our data handling practices for uploads. In the coming weeks, we'll update the name of the Gemini Apps activity setting on the Gemini Apps activity page to 'Keep activity'. If this setting is on, you can see your past chats in Recent chats and in Gemini Apps activity, and pick them up where you left off at any time. A subset of uploads submitted starting from 2 September – like files, videos, screens that you ask about and photos shared with Gemini – will also be used to help improve Google services for everyone. To stop this, you can turn off Keep activity. You can also manage and delete your activity at any time. And, if your Gemini Apps activity setting is currently off, your Keep activity setting will remain off unless you turn it on.

• Your Gemini audio and Gemini Live recordings: With this new setting rolling out in Gemini Apps activity over the coming days, you can choose to improve Google services for everyone with your Gemini audio and Gemini Live recordings. Gemini audio includes audio collected when you click the microphone button. Gemini Live recordings include audio, video and screenshares. This new setting is off by default, but you can turn it on at any time.

As before, when Google uses your activity to improve its services (including training generative AI models), it gets help from human reviewers. To protect your privacy, we disconnect chats from your account before sending them to service providers. In alignment with our privacy principles, we build technical data protections that safeguard and ensure the responsible use of data and provide you with tools to control your Gemini experience. You can learn more in the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice and the Gemini Apps Privacy Hub. Google's Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy applies.

Sincerely,

The Gemini Team