Science & Tech · Big Tech & Internet · 5 hrs ago
Google is moving Gemini features into Skills, Task and Scheduled Actions
Google is changing how several Gemini tools are organized in its AI chat service.
Starting Nov.
17, it will automatically convert Gems on personal accounts into Skills; work and school accounts will follow in 2027.
Gems are separate custom bots, while Skills bring their instructions into the main chat and can be selected with a slash command or applied by Gemini.
Users can combine Skills in one conversation, but some tools available in Gems, including Deep Research and Canvas, do not yet work with Skills.
Google is also moving Spark into the chat as Task, next to Scheduled Actions, which run prompts at set times and can prepare up to 10 results in the background.
Scheduled Actions may suit briefings and other tasks that do not change quickly, but results are prepared during the hour before delivery.
People with personal Gems should test workflows that rely on unavailable tools before conversion, and Google says Skill sharing and Drive file attachments are coming soon.
Google will begin moving personal Google account Gems into a new format called Skills on November 17.
Skills bring custom instructions into Gemini’s main chat, where users can select them with a slash command or Gemini can apply them automatically.
Google is also moving its background agent Spark into the main chat as Task, alongside Scheduled Actions.
Work and school accounts are due to follow in 2027.
- Who
- Google is changing features in Gemini for personal, work and school account users.
- What
- Gems are being converted to Skills, and Spark is moving into the main chat as Task. Scheduled Actions will also appear alongside Task.
- When
- The conversion of personal Gems begins November 17. Work and school accounts follow in 2027.
- Where
- In Google Gemini.
- Why
- Not stated
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Scheduled Actions, described as a timer feature, had been around since this year.
Google will begin automatically converting Gems on personal Google accounts into Skills.
Work and school accounts are due to follow the change.
- Personal accounts
- Gems begin converting to Skills on November 17
- Work and school accounts
- Follow in 2027
- Scheduled Actions
- Up to 10 can run at a time
- Skills
- Multiple Skills can be applied in one conversation
- Scheduled Actions availability
- Does not require a Google AI subscription, but requires Keep Activity to be on
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