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TL;DR Google is developing a new “Proactive Assistance” feature for Gemini that delivers timely, context-aware suggestions based on your activity.
The feature uses on-screen content, notifications, and data from selected apps like Contacts, Messages, Gmail, and Calendar.
All data is processed on-device in an encrypted environment, and Google says it isn’t used for AI training or human review.
Google is steadily expanding Gemini’s role across your phone, with a clear push toward making it more context-aware and deeply integrated into your daily usage. Earlier this year, the company rolled out Personal Intelligence, a feature that taps into apps like Gmail, Photos, YouTube, and Search to deliver more relevant suggestions and tailored responses. Now, it looks like Google is working on taking things a step further with a new “Proactive Assistance” feature in Gemini that can surface helpful suggestions based on what you’re doing, even before you think to ask.
We spotted Proactive Assistance while digging through the Google app (version 17.18.22.sa.arm64), where we also managed to enable the feature. While not yet publicly available, the screenshots we managed to grab give us a clear idea of how Proactive Assistance will work once Google rolls it out.
First look at Gemini’s new Proactive Assistance feature
Proactive Assistance lives inside the Gemini settings menu, where users can toggle it on or off and control which apps feed into it. From what we’ve seen so far, you can turn the feature on/off with a single switch.
According to the in-app description, Proactive Assistance pulls from three main sources, including what’s currently on your screen, your notifications, and the data from apps you explicitly allow.
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