Gemini creates and edits your files right in the chat

What's new

Google announced on October 29, 2026 that users of the Gemini app can now create, view and edit files directly in the chat. On the web, this applies to Google Docs, Google Sheets, presentations, Markdown, TXT, code and PDFs. You can expand the file to full screen and make changes yourself.

According to Google, the features have been rolling out since the announcement, and they are available in all the languages in which the Gemini app is offered. 9to5Google reports that the latest Gemini design is coming to all Android devices.

What's smart about it

You don't have to ask for a file and then open it in another program to change it. You can highlight a piece of text and ask a targeted question about exactly that passage, or ask Gemini to refine the content. Google's own example is a PDF study guide that is created from handwritten lecture notes and can then be polished with follow-up questions.

According to 9to5Google, presentations can get an outline and be edited in the chat before they are opened in Google Slides or exported as PPTX or PDF. According to the same source, spreadsheets and data models can be shown in the chat and then opened directly in Google Sheets. According to 9to5Google, documents can be drafted and edited in PDF, Google Docs, Markdown, LaTeX and TXT. Markdown and LaTeX are writing formats used for notes and scientific texts, among other things.

Price and availability

Pricing, subscription requirements and any restrictions in Denmark or the EU are not stated in the sources. Google simply writes that the features are available to users in all the languages in which the Gemini app is offered.

There are differences between devices. Viewing and editing PDFs works on both web and mobile, but according to 9to5Google, documents and spreadsheets can only be created on the web.

The news builds on an earlier update. On April 29, 2026, all Gemini app users worldwide gained the ability to have files created in the chat. At that time, Gemini could create Docs, Sheets, Slides, PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, LaTeX, TXT, RTF and Markdown. According to Google, most of them can be downloaded directly to the device or exported to Google Drive. Google said in April that the update makes it easy to move work between programs instead of copying, pasting and reformatting. Now viewing and editing come on top of that. The sources do not compare with competitors such as ChatGPT and Claude, so nothing can be said about how Gemini stacks up against them.

What it's good for

It is an editorial assessment that the feature may suit people who already use Gemini to write and gather ideas, and who are tired of moving text around between programs. Students can create study guides from their own notes. At the office, you can get a draft of a presentation or a spreadsheet, edit it in the chat and open it in Slides or Sheets when it's ready. Google itself highlights that you avoid copying, pasting and reformatting.