Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature just got a wider view into your life. Google said Wednesday that the tool, which already draws on Gmail, Docs, Photos and video to tailor Gemini's answers without extra prompting, is now expanding its Google Maps access to cover your searches and saved places too.
The company's example: ask Gemini what restaurant to try after your last meeting, and it will check your calendar for where that meeting ends, then cross-reference it against a list of places you've saved in Maps. No extra context required. Google already let Personal Intelligence tap Maps as part of a broader "Search services" connection that covers Search, Shopping, News, and Flights and Hotels, so this is a deepening of an existing link rather than a brand new one.
Personal Intelligence is opt-in. It can be switched on or off from gemini.google.com/personalization-settings, and Google frames every example around getting a user's permission first. The Maps expansion lands the same week Personal Intelligence is also arriving in Android Auto, giving the feature a foothold on the dashboard as well as the phone.
Deep Think's days look numbered
Separately, Google has started notifying Gemini AI Ultra subscribers that Gemini 4 Argon, the model it launched recently, will "replace Deep Think soon." The in-app message tells users to switch to Argon when they need deeper reasoning, according to 9to5Google, which spotted the notice.
Deep Think currently sits as a reasoning tier above High, Medium and Low on Gemini 3.1 Pro, aimed at problems that need more computation before answering. It last got a substantive update in February. What Google hasn't said is whether Deep Think is being retired because Gemini 3.1 Pro itself is being phased out, or whether only the Deep Think mode is going away while the underlying model sticks around in some form. The wording of the notice leaves both readings open.
For Ultra subscribers who've leaned on Deep Think for harder queries, the practical upshot is the same either way: Argon becomes the tool for heavy lifting going forward. Google has not given a firm date for when Deep Think stops being available, only that the switch is coming.
Taken together, the two changes point in the same direction. Google keeps folding more of a user's own data, location history included, into Gemini's day-to-day answers, while also consolidating its lineup of reasoning models around fewer, newer options. Expect more detail on the Deep Think timeline as Gemini 4 Argon's rollout continues, and likely more Maps-linked features as Personal Intelligence keeps expanding.
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