Gemini chat adds 'skills' for reusable task instructions, set to replace Gems
Google has begun a global rollout of 'skills' inside the Gemini chat app, a feature that lets the assistant turn recurring chat instructions into reusable shortcuts it can trigger automatically on matching prompts. Users can combine several skills at once to handle more involved tasks, such as layering a tone-of-voice preference together with company-specific formatting rules. Google plans for skills to eventually take over the role currently played by Gems, and existing Gems will be converted into skills automatically once that tool is phased out. For now the feature is live only for users 18 and older, with wider availability to follow.