Google appears to be preparing to retire Gemini Gems on October 20, with users reportedly being told to save their prompts and rebuild them as Skills. According to multiple reports, a notice in the Gemini web app says Gems are retiring on October 20 and advises users to preserve their Gem content or recreate it as Skills to keep workflows running. One report notes that the message is currently behind a feature flag, meaning it has not been broadly surfaced to users yet. Google has not publicly confirmed the retirement date, so the timing could still change. The reported notice says there is no confirmed automatic migration, so anyone relying on Gems should assume manual work may be required. Users are advised to save prompt text, including system instructions, examples, and formatting rules; document workflows, especially if a Gem is tied to a repeatable business or creative process; test rebuilding early; and check for feature updates. The strongest evidence currently available comes from reports describing an in-app warning, but the reporting also makes clear that Google has not publicly confirmed the date, and a flagged banner is not the same as a final product announcement. Google regularly updates the lifecycle status of Gemini models and related tools, and its official deprecation pages show that Google does publish retirement timelines for some products well in advance.