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Google Gemini now lets users generate and edit Docs, Sheets, PDFs in chat

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Google has rolled out new file editing capabilities in Gemini chats, allowing all users to generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code directly within the Gemini interface. The feature is available starting today for all Gemini users, with PDF previews and editing working on both web and mobile, while other file formats are currently limited to the web version. Users can expand documents to full-screen mode for editing and highlight text to ask Gemini questions or prompt actions.

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  1. The Verge AIStevie Bonifield
    You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now

    Now you can generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code directly within Google Gemini . The new file editing capabilities are available starting today for all Gemini users, and while PDF previews/editing works on both the web and mobile, all other file formats are only in the web version for now. Google added support for generating and downloading files in Gemini earlier this year, but now you can tweak those files without leaving the Gemini app. Google says you can expand documents to edit them in full-screen mode and highlight text in files to ask Gemini questions or prompt … Read the full story at The Verge.

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