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TL;DR Google is testing a feature that lets you branch Gemini conversations into new chats.
It makes it easier to explore different responses without losing your original thread.
ChatGPT already has this feature.
Google is working on a meaningful upgrade for Gemini that’ll allow users to engage in deeper conversations about the same topic. Also, this is one feature that ChatGPT power users will recognize instantly.
While playing around with version 17.10.54.sa.arm64 of the Google app, we found evidence of a new Gemini feature that lets you “branch” conversations inside the Gemini app. The feature isn’t live yet and currently needs some tinkering to enable, but it already appears functional.
What is branching, and why is it useful? Branching a conversation is exactly what it sounds like. Instead of continuing a single long chat, you can create a copy of it at any point and explore a different direction without affecting the original thread.
This is very much how actual human conversations work, where you can talk around a topic without losing track of what you started talking about in the first place. In Gemini, the feature will allow you to experiment with prompts or compare answers without starting from scratch.
If the feature sounds familiar, it’s because ChatGPT has offered a similar “Branch in new chat” option for some time now. Google has also experimented with this idea before in AI Studio, but this would be the first time it shows up in the Gemini app for regular users.
From what we can see, the feature is simple to use. You tap the three-dot menu on a Gemini response and select “Branch in new chat.” Gemini then instantly opens a new conversation with that point as the starting context, and labels it with a “Branch:” tag so you can tell it apart from your main thread.
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