Google announced new “switching tools” allowing users to transfer personal information and chat histories from other AI chatbots into Gemini.
The new functionality aims to streamline user adoption of Gemini by enabling the direct import of preferences, relationships, and personal context, addressing a key barrier for users switching platforms.
The “memories” feature guides users to prompt their existing chatbot for information, which can then be copied and pasted into Gemini. This process helps Gemini assimilate user details like interests and personal background.
For chat histories, Gemini supports importing these via zip files, a common export format from chatbots such as ChatGPT and Claude. Users can then search through these imported conversations.
Google stated that once memories are imported, Gemini will understand facts shared with other applications, preventing the need to re-enter information.
ChatGPT reported 900 million weekly active users last month. Gemini announced over 750 million monthly active users during Alphabet’s fourth-quarter earnings call last month.
