Use Gemini in Google Messages

You can chat with Gemini in the Google Messages app to draft messages, brainstorm ideas, plan events or simply have a fun conversation.

• An Android phone.
• Your phone's language is set to a supported language.
• The latest version of Google Messages . Get it on Google Play.
• A personal Google Account that you manage on your own.
  • You can't use Gemini in Google Messages with a Google Account that's managed by Family Link, or with a Google Workspace account.
• Be 18 or over.
• RCS chats turned on. Learn how to turn on RCS chats.

Supported languages

Important: Gemini in Google Messages is being released gradually.

Supported countries and territories

1. On your Android phone, open Google Messages .
2. Tap the chat with Gemini, or tap Start chat Gemini.
3. For the first time, follow any on-screen instructions.
4. Enter your question or prompt.
   • The first time that you chat with Gemini, you can explore different conversations. Just tap a suggestion above the message field.
5. Optionally, to add a photo to your prompt, tap Show attach media screen .
6. Tap Send message .

• I haven't reached out to my friend in a while. Help me draft a short message to check in and reconnect.
• Suggest a 3-course dinner menu that's impressive but manageable for a novice cook. Dietary restriction: vegetarian.
• I'm going to a social event where I barely know anyone. Come up with a few interesting conversation starters.

1. Touch and hold the response that you want to give feedback on.
2. At the top, tap Good response or Bad response .

1. Touch and hold a response.
2. Tap More Report legal issue.

Important:

• In Google Messages, you can only delete your entire Gemini chat. In your Gemini Apps activity, you can delete specific prompts from your Gemini chat.
• Even when Gemini Apps activity is off, your chats will be saved with your account for up to 72 hours to allow Google to provide the service and process any feedback. This activity won't appear in your Gemini Apps activity. Learn more in the Gemini Apps Privacy Hub.

Tip: To access your Gemini Apps activity from the Gemini web app, go to gemini.google.com. Then at the top, tap Menu Activity.

• When you delete your Gemini chat in Google Messages or in your Gemini Apps activity, Gemini can no longer access the chat.
• When you delete your Gemini chat in Google Messages, it's also deleted from your Gemini Apps activity.
  • If the chat still shows in your Gemini Apps activity or Google Messages on other devices, check the device that you used to delete the chat. Make sure that it's connected to the Internet and RCS chats are turned on. Learn how to turn on RCS chats.
• When you delete your Gemini chat in your Gemini Apps activity, it doesn't delete it from Google Messages or any Android backup.
  • To also delete it from Google Messages, follow the steps to delete the chat from Google Messages.

Gemini in Messages doesn't have access to your precise location. It uses the general area from your IP address or the home or work addresses in your Google Account to give relevant responses to prompts, like 'What's the weather?'. Learn more about how Gemini in Messages estimates your general area.

• Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
• Manage and delete your Gemini Apps activity
• Use extensions in Gemini Apps
• Turn on RCS chats in Google Messages