Google Gemini's privacy notice was updated on May 5, 2026 to add references to 'Google Built-in' as a new Gemini deployment option alongside existing platforms like Android Auto, Maps, and Chrome. The updated language now includes Google Built-in in the list of ways users can access Gemini and specifies that precise location settings can be managed for Google Built-in in the same manner as Android Auto. This clarifies that the location data handling practices disclosed for other Gemini platforms now also apply to this new Google Built-in version.
The updated privacy notice now discloses that Google Built-in is an additional way to access Gemini, alongside the web app, mobile apps, Chrome, Android Auto, Maps, and wearable devices. The notice states that Gemini may receive precise location data from other Google services even if location settings are turned off, and this disclosure now extends to the Google Built-in platform. You can manage precise location settings for Google Built-in through the same mechanism available for other Gemini platforms like Android Auto.
The updated language clarifies that Google Built-in is now a supported Gemini platform with the same location data handling practices disclosed for other Gemini variants. This ensures users aware of location data practices for existing platforms understand that those same practices apply to the new Google Built-in deployment.
→ Review location settings for Google Built-in in the same manner as other Gemini platforms to manage precise location data collection
→ Location data handling will proceed as stated in the updated privacy notice for Google Built-in, with the same practices that apply to other Gemini platforms
Added Google Built-in to the list of Gemini deployment platforms subject to location data handling disclosures.
Clarified that location settings for Google Built-in can be managed through the same controls available for other Gemini platforms.
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This change adds Google Built-in to Google's Gemini privacy disclosures, extending existing location data handling practices to a new platform deployment. The substantive privacy practices disclosed remain unchanged; this is an expansion of scope to cover a newly available Gemini variant. No new legal obligations are created by this disclosure clarification. Organizations using Gemini services in their vendor stack should update internal documentation to reflect the expanded platform coverage, but no contract or DPA modifications appear necessary based on this change alone.
FTC (unfair or deceptive practices); GDPR (if EU users affected); CCPA (if California residents affected)
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