Google AI Updates: October 30, 2026

1. Gemini App Can Now Generate, Preview, and Edit Documents, PDFs, Slides, and Spreadsheets

Google updated the Gemini app so users can generate, preview, and edit files directly in the chat. Supported formats include PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown, TXT, and code. A new full-screen editor lets users type edits directly, highlight text to ask Gemini questions about it, or ask Gemini to revise a selection. PDF preview and editing work on web and mobile, and all other formats are web only. The feature is available in every language and region where the Gemini app is offered. Source

2. Google Opens a Singapore Research Hub and Brings MedGemma to Frontline Care

Google announced a set of public health initiatives at its Google for Health Summit in Singapore. Google Research is opening a Singapore hub focused on foundational AI models, partnering with the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University, and will bring open models such as MedGemma into frontline care with data kept in-country. Google DeepMind is evaluating an “AI co-clinician” tool with the National University Health System that synthesizes guidelines and literature to answer clinical queries. Google.org and Google DeepMind are contributing $7 million to the Philanthropy Asia Alliance’s Health for Human Potential Coalition, including $1 million for the PathGen disease-threat detection platform. Google Cloud is also working with NHG Health on AI risk forecasting for chronic conditions, which feeds an AI health coach built on Gemini Enterprise for Customer Experience. Source

3. Gemini Notebook Adds Hundreds of Free Textbooks as Grounded Sources

Google added hundreds of free textbooks from OpenStax, Open Textbook Library, and S Chand Publishing to Gemini Notebook. Users pick “Add sources” and then “Textbooks” to add one to a notebook. Answers are grounded in the textbook, with inline citations linking to the original passages, and the content can be turned into study guides, quizzes, and flashcards. This extends Expert Intelligence, which launched last month with support for ebooks purchased on Google Play Books. Source

4. Ads in AI Mode Expand to 10 More Countries, With Multiturn Ads Launching in the U.S.

Google is expanding ads in Search’s AI Mode to Australia, Canada, India, Kenya, Malaysia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Singapore, with Brazil, Mexico, and the U.K. planned for Q4 2026. It is also launching multiturn ads in the U.S., which show sponsored results on follow-up queries within an AI Mode conversation. Google says AI Mode queries are, on average, three times longer than traditional searches, and that click-through rates for sponsored and organic product listings in AI Mode are already similar. Source

5. Gemini App Adds “Immersive Explorations” to Its Student Hub

Google added immersive explorations to the Gemini student hub, a library of interactive visual scenes, such as the inside of a jet engine or Silk Road trade routes, that users explore layer by layer. Tapping a label opens a deeper layer, down to the molecular scale. The feature is available in English, Indonesian, Hindi, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and Simplified Chinese. Audio narration and the ability to open explorations directly in a Gemini chat are coming later. Source

6. Google Launches an AI for Healthcare Professionals Certificate

Google launched the Google AI for Healthcare Professionals Certificate, a self-paced program that takes under five hours and offers up to 5.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits. Its four courses cover non-clinical work: foundational AI skills and evaluating outputs, patient communication, administrative tasks such as scheduling and email summaries, and digesting clinical studies. The curriculum was built by clinicians at Google and draws on draft AAMC AI Competencies. NYU Grossman School of Medicine, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Touro University, and Purdue University School of Nursing are early adopters. Registration is open at grow.google/healthcare. Source