Google kills Gems for Gemini's 'skills' push

google is shutting down the gems feature in its gemini ai app, which allowed users to create custom ai assistants for specific tasks. launched in 2024, gems enabled users to teach their ai to perform certain tasks without repeating instructions. google will automatically migrate existing gems to a new 'skills' format, allowing them to be used across different ai tasks. this change will take effect on november 17, 2026. users won't need to take any action to transition, and gems will remain usable until then.