{"id":15589,"date":"2025-03-13T19:21:35","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/gemini-will-see-your-search-history-but-it-wont-judge-you\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:02:10","slug":"gemini-will-see-your-search-history-but-it-wont-judge-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/gemini-will-see-your-search-history-but-it-wont-judge-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini will see your search history (but it won&#039;t judge you)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been working to squeeze AI into more corners of users\u2019 lives. It has a pretty consistent presence across the company\u2019s products. Well, Gemini can now access your search history to better understand your query.<br \/>\nThis feature is part of a broader push to help Gemini get more familiar with you. Gemini will connect to more of your Google apps and services to gather more information about you. It will use it to give more relevant responses. This is a way to help Gemini deliver a more agentic experience.<br \/>\nGemini will be able to look through your search history<br \/>\nIt\u2019s important to note that Gemini will access your Google search history specifically. It won\u2019t access your browser history.<br \/>\nIn any case, this is something that might make people worry just a bit. To make Gemini more of a close companion, Google will let it see what you searched for in the past.<br \/>\nAre you on a health kick, and you spent the past couple of days searching for ANYTHING with avocado? Well, if you ask Gemini for a healthy recipe, the thinking is that it will look through your history and find that you\u2019ve been searching for meals with avocado. So, rather than needing to tell Gemini what kind of ingredients you want, Gemini will know.<br \/>\nThis could be extremely helpful in many scenarios. We typically ask Google for just about everything, so there\u2019s no telling how our search history defines us. Giving Gemini access to this information could boost the overall experience for many people.<br \/>\nGemini won\u2019t access your search history for every query. It will only do so if it thinks that it will be helpful. It most likely won\u2019t access it if you\u2019re asking a general question. However, if you\u2019re looking for a vacation spot or for fashion advice, then it\u2019ll most likely thumb through your searches.<br \/>\nThis is a pretty smart tool<br \/>\nGoogle\u2019s Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental model powers this feature. This is one of the company\u2019s newest and most powerful models on the market. So, we know that it will be able to look at your history and make informed decisions about what\u2019s relevant and what isn\u2019t.<br \/>\nIf you don\u2019t want Gemini finding out about your late night internet rabbit holes into haunted hospitals (or whatever people use Google for), you can disable this function. However, how you disable this feature might upset some people.<br \/>\nYou\u2019d expect a feature like this to have a manual opt-in option that stops it BEFORE it accesses your history. However, it looks like you will only be able to disable it AFTER it accesses your history.<br \/>\nWhen you get a response back, you\u2019ll see a banner letting you know how Gemini got its answer and whether it accessed your search history. You\u2019ll see a\u00a0Clear banner button. Follow that link to disconnect Gemini from your history.<br \/>\nThe post Gemini will see your search history (but it won&#8217;t judge you) appeared first on Android Headlines.&#013;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/plus.maciejpiasecki.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Google-Search-Bottom-Bar.jpg\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\">&#013;<br \/>\nSource: ndroidheadlines.com&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has been working to squeeze AI into more corners of users\u2019 lives. 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