Gemini introduces 'Skills' to replace Gems for automating repetitive tasks

Skills are a new reusable instruction feature in Gemini that replace Gems, support files and stacking, and will be migrated automatically; Gems and some experiments (Opal 2) will be turned down on a staggered schedule.

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- Skills are rolling out into Gemini chat globally and are available in Gemini Spark.
- Google Workspace business, enterprise, nonprofit and education customers will get skills in the coming weeks.
- Existing Gems will be automatically migrated to Skills when Gems are removed.
- Users can create reusable instructions invoked by typing '/' followed by the skill name.
- Skills can be stacked and include reference files (plain text, PDFs, images) to produce more specific outputs.
- Skills are accessible across Google AI subscription tiers and currently to users 18+ (U18 support coming soon).
- Support for Gems will be removed starting November for personal accounts, March 2027 for Workspace business/enterprise/nonprofit, and June 2027 for Workspace education.
- Opal 2 experiment will be turned down in November and Gems by Google Labs will also be retired.

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