This week, the Gemini app introduced a top-requested feature: You can now further personalize Gemini by connecting Google apps with a single tap. Personal Intelligence, launching in beta in the U.S., gathers information from places like Gmail, Google Photos, YouTube and Search so you get personal, proactive help and answers. You can use Personal Intelligence to do things like plan travel based on your interests or recommend tires for the kinds of road trips you take. And it’s opt-in, so you choose whether to turn it on and can specify which apps you do and don’t want it to work with. It’s a totally new level of assistance — learn more about what it can do for you.

You’ve undoubtedly seen some of the viral image trends it has created, but do you know how Nano Banana got its name? This week we peeled back the curtain on the origin story, which can be traced back to a late-night scramble, a Googler’s nickname and its quick success. This read is a bunch of fun.