Summary

Gemini now lets users import AI memories and full chat history from other AI apps so the assistant preserves preferences, relationships and prior conversations. Memory import uses a suggested prompt you copy into your current AI app and paste back into Gemini; Gemini analyzes and saves the result into your context. Chat-history import accepts a provider-exported ZIP so users can search and continue past threads. The app is also renaming “Past chats” to “memory.” These import features are rolling out to consumer accounts via Settings.

Key Points

• Memory import: go to Settings → Import, copy the suggested prompt into your current AI app, then paste the app’s summary back into Gemini; Gemini extracts and saves key facts and preferences.
• Chat history import: upload a ZIP export from another AI provider in Settings; Gemini indexes the conversations so users can search and resume threads.
• UI change: “Past chats” is being renamed to “memory” to reflect integrated contextual recall.
• Rollout & privacy: features are starting to roll out now for consumer accounts; imported data is stored in Gemini context and covered by Google’s privacy policies.

Practical notes for engineers

• Expose a clear Settings import flow that requires explicit user consent before ingesting external data.
• Accept pasted plain-text memory summaries and plan for common export formats when processing ZIP uploads (e.g., JSON, TXT, HTML) for indexing.
• Ensure robust ZIP handling, text encoding detection, and safe parsing to avoid injection or malformed-file issues.
• Integrate indexing/search so imported chats are queryable and can be used to continue conversations.
• Follow existing auth, storage encryption, and privacy policies when persisting imported data.