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Google sets November 17 start for moving Gemini Gems to skills

September 29, 2026 at 04:26 EDT

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Google is retiring Gemini Gems, the custom assistants people have built inside its Gemini app since 2024, and will automatically recreate them as reusable skills. An in-app notice says that migration begins on November 17, 2026, while Google's help center gives work and school accounts a later end date.

Sep. 29, 2026 · Google

Gemini Gems become skills

Google will automatically recreate custom Gems as reusable skills. Personal accounts start moving on November 17, 2026. Work and school accounts follow in 2027.

When Gems support ends

The same feature shuts down on three calendars, depending on the account.

1 · Personal

Nov. 17, 2026

Migration begins. Each Gem works until it is moved.

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2 · Workspace

March 2027

Business, enterprise, and nonprofit accounts.

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3 · Education

June 2027

Workspace education accounts close last.

What the monthly plan pays for

Each block is $5. Skills in a normal chat need no paid plan. Gemini Spark, the task scheduler, needs Google AI Pro at $20 a month, or Ultra.

No plan

Skills in chat

$20/mo

Spark on AI Pro

Four stacked blocks match the $20 Pro price. The flat line is a chat skill with no subscription.

What improves

Existing Gems are recreated automatically. Several skills can run in one chat, and chat skills do not need a paid plan.

What is unresolved

A slash command is a power-user habit. Sharing, Drive files, and notebooks are still weeks away, and Spark stays paid.

Limits that stay in place

A migrated Gem is not a guaranteed copy, and the agent layer is narrower than chat.

GitHub files are not supported in skills. You must be 18 or older with Keep Activity on. Spark is unavailable in the EEA, the UK, Switzerland, and Nigeria. Opal and Labs Gems end in November 2026.

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