2024 Archive

With your permission, Bard can use Gmail, Docs, and Drive to find or summarize your email or content - and help you stay ahead of it all. Connect your account to get started with Gmail, Docs, and Drive.

Expanding Bard’s understanding of YouTube videosWhat: We're taking the first steps in Bard's ability to understand YouTube videos. For example, if you’re looking for videos on how to make olive oil cake, you can now also ask how many eggs the recipe in the first video requires.Why: We’ve heard you want deeper engagement with YouTube videos. So we’re expanding the YouTube Extension to understand some video content so you can have a richer conversation with Bard about it.

2023.12.06Bard is getting its biggest upgrade yet with Gemini ProWhat: Starting today, we’re introducing Gemini Pro in Bard, for Bard’s biggest upgrade yet. We’ve specifically tuned Gemini Pro in Bard to be far more capable at things like understanding and summarizing, reasoning, coding, and planning. You can try out Bard with Gemini Pro for text-based prompts, with support for other modalities coming soon. It will be available in English in more than 170 countries and territories to start, and come to more languages and places, like Europe, in the near future.Why: Today, Google introduced Gemini Opens in a new window , the most capable AI model in the world. Gemini unlocks new ways to create, interact and collaborate with Bard.

Bard can generate charts from data you include in your prompts or from tables that Bard generates during your conversations.

Bard can now support exporting more languages to ReplitWhat: In addition to Python, the Export to Replit feature will now support 18 programming languages including C++, Javascript, Ruby, SQL and Swift.Why: As we continue to see developers come to Bard for help with coding, we've heard that you want to engage in Bard's coding-specific features in more programming languages.

Create images with BardWhat: You can create captivating images for work, play, and anything in between with Bard. It’s easy to use - simply enter a few words to bring your imagination to life, starting with English prompts. Click ‘Generate more’ for more options and download the ones you like.Learn more Opens in a new window. Why: Sometimes you might have a picture in mind and now you can easily bring that to life. Create totally unique images in seconds without having to learn complex software.

I want to update my Twitter profile and optimize for [target audience/persona/industry]. Write me a persuasive headline that gets a potential customer to click on my website. You have a maximum of 160 characters.

“I want to optimize my [Twitter/LinkedIn] profile to attract [audience]. Give me 10 types of background photos I should use that will resonate with [audience] in [industry].”

Write emails to guests, sponsors, and collaborators that get a yesPrompt: “Write a short [platform] DM to [creator/business] that persuades them to partner with me for [collaboration opportunity]. Include 3 reasons why it makes sense for us to partner together.”Prompt: "Develop a persuasive email that entices [job title] at [company] to sponsor my [newsletter/podcast/YouTube channel] that targets [audience]. Here are some reasons they should advertise with me: [audience size, niche, open rate/downloads/etc.]Prompt: “Write a [adjective] [email/direct message] for [account], inviting them to be a guest on my podcast, [name of my podcast]. The podcast is about [topic], and the main benefits of saying yes are [benefit 1], [benefit 2], and [benefit 3]. End your message with a persuasive call to action to reply with a yes and that I’ll send them a calendar invite".Prompt: "Write a cold email for [job title] at [brand name] addressing [specific persona pain points].  Present my [podcast/video series/newsletter/social media posts] as a great way to reach [brand’s target market]. Write a persuasive call to action to [email me back/book a call/next action step you want the person to take].

“I need a summary of [book] by [guest]. What are the key takeaways? What can you tell me about the author?

[paste social media URL] What can you tell me about the person on this account?