Gemini Can Now Import Your Chat History and Memory From ChatGPT and Claude
Google has rolled out a new Gemini feature that lets users import their full chat history, context, and personalized memory directly from rival AI platforms — including ChatGPT and Anthropic's Claude. The move is being read by industry observers as a direct attempt to lower the friction of switching to Gemini, giving users a way to carry their accumulated AI relationship — notes, preferences, and conversation history — without starting from scratch.
Bloomberg reported the feature simultaneously, framing it as a competitive moat-crossing move that puts real pressure on OpenAI and Anthropic. In an AI landscape where users increasingly rely on persistent memory and context to get useful results, portability becomes a meaningful differentiator. Google is effectively betting that if it removes the switching cost, Gemini's quality and ecosystem will do the rest of the retention work.
The timing is deliberate — the import feature launched alongside Gemini 3.1 Flash Live and the global Search Live expansion, packaging today's announcements as a comprehensive push to attract and retain AI-native users at scale. For anyone who has built up months of context with a competing assistant, Google's message is simple: you don't have to leave any of that behind.