Gemini adds in-chat file creation, preview and editing

Google says Gemini users can generate, preview and edit files within a chat, then expand a file to full screen and type edits directly.[1] Users can also highlight text in a file to ask Gemini questions about it or have Gemini refine the file.[2] Google says users can draft PDFs, Google Docs, LaTeX, Markdown and TXT files, then make manual or prompted edits inline or in full-screen view.[2] Users can upload the documents they edit to Drive.[2]

PDF previewing and editing is available on both the web and mobile, according to Google.[1] Other supported formats—including Google Docs, Sheets, slide decks, Markdown, TXT and code—are supported on the web only.[1] Google says the capabilities are available in every language where the Gemini app is available.[1] These distinctions matter when choosing where to start a task: a user working on a non-PDF file will need the web experience, while PDF work is supported on mobile as well.[1]

For presentations, Google says users can create an outline or slide content, preview the layout in chat and edit the deck there, including asking Gemini to change its tone or structure.[2] Generated slide decks can be opened in Google Slides or downloaded as PPTX or PDF files.[2] For spreadsheets, Gemini can create structured trackers, tables and data models from a prompt and let users preview them before opening them in Google Sheets.[2] The preview-and-edit flow gives users a chance to inspect generated material before moving it into those apps.[2]

Google says the feature is available to Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual subscribers and people with personal Google accounts.[2] Users of any age who have access to the Gemini app can generate files, and Google says administrators have no control for this feature.[2] The Verge reports Gemini already offered file generation and downloading earlier in 2026, and that users could edit files through integrations in Google Workspace apps.[3] It also reports Anthropic introduced document and presentation generation and editing in Claude chats earlier in 2026.[3]