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Gemini app·Sep 19, 2023
What: Your feedback has accelerated Bard’s ability to be more intuitive, imaginative, and responsive than ever before. Whether you want to collaborate on something playful and creative, start in one language and continue in up to 40+ other languages, ask for in-depth coding assistance, or learn about new topics from different points of view, Bard can help you explore possibilities with greater quality and accuracy. Why: We believe in rapid iteration and bringing the best of Bard to the world. Your feedback has helped unlock the most capable version of Bard yet for stronger collaboration in languages and countries all over the world.
Gemini app·Jul 13, 2023
What: Bard is now available in over 40 new languages including Arabic, Chinese (Simplified/Traditional), German, Hindi, Spanish, and more. We have also expanded access to more places, including all 27 countries in the European Union (EU) and Brazil. Why: Bard is global and is intended to help you explore possibilities. Our English, Japanese, and Korean support helped us learn how to launch languages responsibly, enabling us to now support the majority of language coverage on the internet.
Gemini app·Jun 7, 2023
What: Starting with English, we’ve updated Bard to detect computational prompts and run code in the background, making Bard better at mathematical tasks, coding questions, and string manipulation. Why: We’re supercharging your ability to analyze data by making Bard better at computation, like finding how many times a certain number shows up in a data set. Bard won’t always get it right, but will keep improving with your feedback.
Gemini app·Jun 1, 2023
What: Bard can start providing more relevant responses if you choose to let it use your device’s precise location. You can manage your preferences in location settings. Why: Precise location helps Bard provide more relevant responses about restaurants near you and many other things about your area.
Gemini app·May 23, 2023
What: Starting with English responses, Bard can now bring in images from Google Search, so you can get helpful responses with visuals. You can also ask Bard for images directly. Bard will show a source for each image. Why: Images can help you communicate your ideas more effectively. They can bring concepts to life, make recommendations more persuasive, and enhance responses when you ask for visual information.
Gemini app·May 15, 2023
What: We’ve updated Bard with better summarization capabilities by incorporating advances we’ve developed in our large language models. Why: We’re making Bard better at summarizing information, which is especially helpful when you want to get the gist of a topic quickly. Bard won’t always get it right, but will keep improving with your feedback.
Gemini app·May 10, 2023
What: You can now collaborate with Bard in Japanese and Korean, in addition to US English. We have also expanded access to Bard in all three languages to over 180 countries and territories. Why: As we continue to build Bard responsibly with more real-world feedback, we're gradually expanding access to more languages, countries, and territories over time.
Gemini app·May 5, 2023
What: Google Workspace admins can now enable Bard for their domains, allowing their users to access Bard using their Workspace accounts. Why: You can now use Bard to help with work, research, or other business needs, when signed into your administrator-enabled Google Workspace account.
Gemini app·Apr 21, 2023
What: Bard can now help you code in over 20 programming languages. When Bard generates Python code, you can also export & test the code directly in Google Colab. Try prompting Bard for help with languages like C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, TypeScript, and even Google Sheets functions. Why: People of all levels of programming experience, from beginners to experienced engineers, can use Bard to help with coding—whether it’s by generating & exporting code, debugging code, or explaining how code works. Use discretion and carefully test and review all code for errors, bugs, and vulnerabilities before relying on it.
Gemini app·Apr 10, 2023
What: We’ve launched an Experiment updates page to post the latest features, improvements, and bug fixes for the Bard experiment. Why: So that people will have an easy place to see the latest Bard updates for them to test and provide feedback.