Google plans to shut down free Gemini Gems on October 20 in favour of paid Skills

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Google may be planning to discontinue support for Gemini Gems on October 20.

It could recommend that users switch to Gemini Spark Skills to continue using their workflows.

Google might make Skills available to everyone before sunsetting Gems.

If you’ve been using Gemini for a while, chances are you have come across Gems: customized versions of Gemini tuned for specific use cases. Gemini Gems can be very useful, especially for things like learning how to code, getting a new language under your belt, and more. However, it seems Google may be planning to sunset Gems later this year.

Testing Catalog unearthed a notice in the Gemini web app that’s currently hidden behind a feature flag. According to the notice, Google is planning to retire Gems on October 20. It also recommends that users save their Gem content or recreate it as Skills.