Google Gemini gets a new feature that makes it more like a personal assistant

Google Gemini

Google’s Gemini app is starting to look more like a personal assistant than just another chatbot. As announced at I/O 2025, the app is becoming “more personal, proactive and powerful,” and that journey continues with the rollout of a new feature called scheduled actions — now live for users with Google AI Pro or Ultra subscriptions, as well as eligible Workspace accounts.

In a blog post,  Google said that scheduled actions let users assign tasks to Gemini that run automatically at a specific time or on a recurring basis. Whether it’s a daily morning update with your calendar and unread emails or a weekly creativity boost like five fresh blog ideas every Monday, Gemini now allows you to automate that conversation — no repeated prompting needed.

To set it up, users simply issue a command like, “Give me a summary of the day’s news every morning at 8 a.m.,” or turn an existing prompt into a recurring action. All scheduled tasks can be reviewed and managed from a dedicated page within Gemini’s settings.

The use cases go beyond productivity, as per Google. You can tell Gemini to remind you about a sports score after a match, summarize award shows the day after they air, or check for new job listings every week. It’s a move that brings Gemini closer to the kind of proactive assistant Google once envisioned for Google Now — but now powered by generative AI.

The feature plays into Google’s broader vision of making Gemini less reactive and more anticipatory — capable of learning your routines and offering help before you even ask. While competitors like Siri and Alexa are still catching up in terms of intelligent automation, Gemini is starting to blur the lines between chatbot, digital assistant, and productivity suite.