Late last night, Google announced a sensational update! Gemini completely handles Docs, Sheets and Slides. The era of AI-native office operations is here, and the way 3 billion Google users worldwide work could be completely transformed.
Shortly after Microsoft fully integrated Claude into the Office “office package”, Google played a trump card in the night.
Just now, Google has officially unveiled the vastly improved Workspace experience with Gemini.
From now on, Gemini is fully integrated into Docs/Sheets/Slides and becomes a true native AI suite!
Currently, these features are already being released to Google AI Pro and Ultra users.
In short: Gemini takes over your entire Google office system!
At SpreadsheetBench, a complete public test benchmark for the ability to manipulate spreadsheets in real-world scenarios, Gemini in Sheets has a Success rate of 70.48% achieves what surpasses the competition and approaches the level of human experts.
User perception is more important than test results.
According to Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Google Workspace is more personalized, more useful and better coordinated:
You can choose the news sources yourself and create a document sketch in just a few seconds;
You can create complex spreadsheets nine times faster;
Or you can create a presentation in the brand style you want with a simple command;
Now Google Drive displays a summary answer right at the top of search results, so you don’t have to search through each individual folder.
This is undoubtedly a victory for Google AI – 300 million Google Workspace users will be able to seamlessly access the new features without having to download new applications or learn new workflows. The AI appears right where users are already working, increasing their efficiency.
Net users say directly: 300 million people already live in Workspace. This is Google’s true AI defense wall!
It’s not about just adding AI, it’s about making Workspace itself smarter. Google got it right on this point.
From now on, the productivity of teams will be greatly increased.
With these actions from Google, all employees are starting to wonder about their work life:
Documents in seconds, spreadsheets nine times faster, presentations at your command. Apparently it wasn’t as difficult as we thought.
Yulie Kwon Kim, head of the Google Workspace product line and vice president, claims:
This redefinition of content creation transforms the Gemini Assistant into a companion for the entire creation process in Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Google Drive.
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These new features will make it possible to implement ideas faster and more precisely than ever before.
Let’s see what surprises Google has in store.
Docs: Create an all-day, one-sentence document
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The first thing Google has updated this time is Google Docs.
For example, you can directly issue the command: “Write a community bulletin with the minutes and activities of my HOA meeting in January.”
After a few seconds, a complete draft is ready.
During this process, Gemini automatically extracts context from your Google Drive files, Gmail emails, and relevant website information.
This means that the document is entirely based on real data.
Once created, you can suggest further customizations to the AI or even have it customize its spelling.
Many people find that AI’s spelling is very different from their own. Google’s new Match writing style feature allows AI to analyze your previous documents and convert all text into your style.
Another useful feature is “Match doc format”.
For example, if you like a travel itinerary template, Gemini can instantly extract flight information, hotel details, and car rental details from your emails and automatically insert them into the template.
Sheet: Let the AI design the entire table
When creating tables, many people encounter the difficulty of designing the table structure.
Now Gemini can do this for you!
For example, if you type: “Organize my trip to Chicago. Create a packing list by room, a list of contacts for utilities like electric, water, and gas, and a spreadsheet to track quotes from moving companies from my inbox.” Then, based on the relevant information in your emails and files, it will set up the entire project.
If improvements are needed, extending the table, adding tables, dashboards, etc. can also help.
The best part is the new “Fill with Gemini” feature. With it, the AI automatically fills in the data!
It classifies and totals the data and can also access current information from Google searches.
For example, if you apply to a university and need to create an application form, you don’t have to manually search for each university’s deadlines, tuition fees and other information.
Just drag down and Gemini will automatically fill the table based on the information from the web.
From now on, the processes of searching, organizing and filling can be completely automated.
Slides: The AI creates a complete presentation for you
What is the most annoying office software? Many people answer: PowerPoint!
Now all you need is one sentence and Gemini will instantly create a presentation for you.
For example, if you type: “Create a 5-page presentation for my upcoming trip to Tokyo.” Then it can automatically extract the relevant information and create the entire presentation.
It can also extract context from your files, emails and internet information.
If you are not satisfied, you can also ask the AI to edit the presentation, such as adjusting the colors or making the presentation simpler.
Google Drive: Not just a file storage platform anymore
While the above feature updates answer the question “How to write?” answer, updating Drive solves the question “How to find?”
This time, the “AI Overviews” feature has been introduced in Drive.
Its goal is direct: to help users naturally find the content they want within their massive personal files.
In reality, most people’s file system is not very organized.
They often forget the file name and the folder where the file is saved. You can only roughly remember:
The presentation you showed to the audit committee
The document that mentions the sales data of the previous year
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