2023.07.13

Bard is available in new places and languages

• 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 to explore possibilities. Our English, Japanese and Korean support helped us to learn how to launch languages responsibly, enabling us to now support the majority of language coverage on the Internet.

Google Lens in Bard

• What: You can upload images alongside text in your conversations with Bard, allowing you to boost your imagination and creativity in completely new ways. To make this happen, we’re bringing the power of Google Lens into Bard, starting with English.
• Why: Images are a fundamental part of how we put our imagination to work, so we’ve added Google Lens to Bard. Whether you want more information about an image or need inspiration for a funny caption, you now have even more ways to explore and create with Bard.

Bard can read responses out loud

• What: We’re adding text-to-speech capabilities to Bard in over 40 languages, including Hindi, Spanish and US English.
• Why: Sometimes hearing something out loud helps you to bring an idea to life in new ways beyond reading it. Listen to responses and see what it helps you to imagine and create!

Pinned and recent threads

• What: You can now pick up where you left off with your past Bard conversations and organise them according to your needs. We’ve added the ability to pin conversations, rename them and have multiple conversations going at once.
• Why: The best ideas take time, sometimes multiple hours or days to create. Keep your threads and pin your most critical threads to keep your creative process flowing.

Share your Bard conversations with others

• What: We’ve made it easier to share part or all of your Bard chat with others. Shareable links make seeing your chat and any sources just a click away so others can seamlessly view what you’ve created with Bard.
• Why: Sometimes, it’s hard to hold back a new idea. We wanted to make it easier for you to share your creations to inspire others, unlock your creativity and show your collaborative process.

Modify Bard’s responses

• What: We’re introducing five new options to help you modify Bard’s responses. Just tap to make the response simpler, longer, shorter, more professional or more casual.
• Why: When a response is close enough but needs a tweak, we’re making it easier to get you closer to your desired creation.

Export Python code to Replit

• What: We’re continuing to expand Bard’s export capabilities for code. You can now export Python code to Replit, in addition to Google Colab.
• Why: Streamline your workflow and continue your programming tasks by moving Bard interactions into Replit.

2023.06.07

Bard codes for you for improved maths and data analysis

• 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 analyse 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.

Export Bard-generated tables to Google Sheets

• What: When Bard generates tables, you can now export them right into Google Sheets.
• Why: Continue your creative explorations wherever you need by moving Bard responses into more of your favourite apps.

2023.06.01

More relevant responses with location info

• 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 settingsOpens in a new window.
• Why: Precise location helps Bard provide more relevant responses about restaurants near you and many other things about your area.

2023.05.23

Bringing images to Bard

• 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.

2023.05.15

More concise summaries

• What: We’ve updated Bard with better summarisation capabilities by incorporating advances that we’ve developed in our large language models.
• Why: We’re making Bard better at summarising 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.

Making sources more useful

• What: Bard can now help you to identify which parts of a response match a source. For the responses with sources, you’ll see numbers alongside the response. By clicking on the numbers, you’ll now be able to identify the section of the text that matches the source and easily navigate to it.
• Why: We want to make it easier for you to understand which parts of a response match a source and provide you with source links in line with the text.

2023.05.10

Expanding access to Bard in more countries and languages

• 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 regions over time.

Export to Google Docs and Gmail

• What: We’ve added new one-click options to export content generated by Bard, including formatting, directly into Google Docs and Gmail.
• Why: We want to speed up and simplify your workflow by giving you a way to export Bard’s responses and edit them directly in these Google Workspace apps.

Read more comfortably in dim light

• What: We’ve launched Dark theme on Bard, giving you the ability to easily switch Bard’s appearance between a light background with dark text and a dark background with light text.
• Why: Dark theme can make using Bard easier on your eyes in dim light.

2023.05.05

Access for Google Workspace accounts

• What: Google Workspace admins can now enable Bard for their domains, allowing their users to access Bard using their Workspace accounts.
• Why: When signed into your administrator-enabled Google Workspace account, you can now use Bard to help with work, research or other business needs.