Gemini AI Receives Memory, Privacy Settings, & Temp Chats

Google's Gemini AI Update Brings Memory, New Privacy Tools, and Temporary Chats

Written by Aaron S.,

Editor-In-Chief

Last Updated: August 14, 2025

Key Takeaways

Google's Gemini AI receives an update that remembers past conversations by default to personalize responses;
Google will rename "Gemini Apps Activity" to "Keep Activity" and begin using shared file samples on September 2;
Temporary Chats will not appear in history, affect replies, or be used for training, and are deleted after 72 hours.

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Gemini, Google's artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, has received a new update that allows it to automatically remember information from past conversations.

According to an August 13 announcement, the feature is active by default. However, those who prefer not to have their conversations stored can disable it manually.

At launch, the memory feature will be available in selected countries for the Gemini 2.5 Pro model. Google also plans to expand the feature to more regions and to Gemini 2.5 Flash at a later time.

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Google spokesperson Elijah Lawal told The Verge that building a helpful assistant involves understanding preferences over time. He added that users are also given the option to control this feature easily.

Google will also rename "Gemini Apps Activity" to "Keep Activity". If enabled, this setting allows Google to use a sample of the files and images shared with Gemini starting September 2 to help improve its services.

Anyone who has already turned off the older setting will not have to change anything, as Keep Activity will remain disabled.

A separate privacy-focused feature, called Temporary Chats, is also being introduced. These conversations will not appear in the regular chat history and will not be used to influence future responses.

Additionally, Temporary Chats will not be stored long-term or used for AI training. Google will keep them only for 72 hours.

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