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Google Shuts Down Gemini's Gems Feature in Favor of Skills

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Google is discontinuing the Gemini feature known as 'Gems', which allowed users to create custom AI assistants. The functionality of Gems will be transitioned to a new feature called 'skills', which will be available starting November 17, 2026, and users will not need to take any action for the migration.

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Gems will be replaced by skills, which will allow users to utilize their custom assistants across different AI tasks.

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Gems will become skills starting on November 17, 2026.

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Users will not have to do anything to make the transition.

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Gems were launched in 2024.

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Google is killing off Gemini’s Gems in favor of ‘skills’

TechCrunch·1h ago