Google's Gemini app can now create and edit PDFs and documents in chat

Google has added tools to its Gemini app that let users create and edit files directly inside a chat. The company announced the update on Thursday, 30 October.

With the new tools, users can generate and preview documents, PDFs, presentations, spreadsheets and code. They can then make changes to those files without leaving the conversation. Google said users can also highlight a specific section of a generated file to ask a question about it. They can request edits to text and visuals in the same way.

The update moves Gemini beyond answering questions in text. It lets the app produce working files that users can review and change in one place. Before this, users typically had to copy generated text into a separate word processor or spreadsheet program to make a finished file.

What else Google announced

Google is also widening access to free textbooks inside Gemini Notebook, a separate feature of the app. The company did not give a date for when the wider access would take effect.

Google has not said which Gemini plans or regions get the new file tools first, or whether they will be free. Reports on the launch do not give those details either.