Google now allows users to share their Gemini Gems, which are custom AI assistants designed for specific tasks. The company announced this new feature on Thursday. Originally launched last year as part of the Gemini Advanced paid subscription, Gems let users write instructions to create a personalized AI chatbot for different scenarios. Google introduced premade Gems such as a learning coach, a brainstorming assistant, a career guide, a writing editor, and a coding partner.
With this update, you can share your Gems with friends, family, or coworkers as easily as sharing a file from Google Drive. This makes Gems more accessible to a wider audience, as not everyone uses the advanced customization feature. It could also help prevent duplication of effort. For example, if multiple coworkers were using a similar type of custom Gemini assistant, they could now share the same resource instead of each making their own slightly different version.
Google suggests Gem sharing will be useful for people collaborating on family vacation plans, meal planners, or group writing projects. To share a Gem, you open the Gem manager on the web app and click the “Share” icon next to any Gem you have created. Similar to Google Drive, you can control who can view, use, or edit your Gems.
After first rolling out to Gemini Advanced, Gemini Business, and Gemini Enterprise subscribers in over 150 countries, Google announced in March that Gems are now available to everyone and also support file uploads.