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Google Cloud, August 2026 new features

125 releases · 8 products · 38 GA · 36 Preview · 1 Beta · 3 Deprecation · 2 Pricing

Jul 2026Sep 2026
DateRelease
Aug 31BigQuery Graph is generally available (GA)
BigQueryGA
Aug 31BigQuery now supports TabFM , Google's pre-trained foundation model for tabular data
BigQueryPreview
Aug 31Gemini 3.1 Flash Image and Gemini 3 Pro Image updates
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Aug 31Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.1 Flash image available in US and EU multi-regions
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 31Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.5 Flash regional availability in Canada
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 31Gemini Enterprise: Protect sensitive data with content policies
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 31Gemini Enterprise: Support for federated data stores in Assured Workloads with FedRAMP High compliance
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 31IAM Unified Access Policies are generally available (GA)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Aug 31Looker EU localized processing extends to all Conversational Analytics agents
LookerUpdate
Aug 31Looker Mobile (Legacy) app is discontinued
LookerDeprecation
Aug 31Using folders to create, store, and manage pipelines is generally available
BigQueryGA
Aug 31You can now create an identity column , sometimes referred to as an auto-incrementing column, on a table
BigQueryPreview
Aug 31You can now create, store , and manage pipelines in Git folders
BigQueryPreview
Aug 28Conversational Analytics verified queries , also known as golden queries , are now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 28Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Aug 28Looker 26.14 features auto-enable on Looker (original), August 24 to 26, 2026
LookerUpdate
Aug 28Looker CI can be triggered from GitLab CI, Bitbucket and GitHub Actions
LookerUpdate
Aug 28Looker Conversational Analytics token usage tab adds top users and conversations
LookerUpdate
Aug 28Looker Google Maps Enhancements preview adds dual-axis points and TopoJSON layers
LookerPreview
Aug 28Looker New/Edit Roles Enhancement enters preview
LookerPreview
Aug 28Looker derived analytic models from LookML Explores in preview
LookerPreview
Aug 28Looker merge query tiles now edit inside the dashboard canvas
LookerPreview
Aug 28Looker now supports connections to MongoSQL
LookerUpdate
Aug 28Looker restricts allowed values for certain JDBC connection parameters
LookerUpdate
Aug 28Looker visual modeling canvas for BigQuery enters preview
LookerPreview
Aug 28Now available in preview, model localization is supported for imported projects
LookerPreview
Aug 28Now available in preview, you can define and chat with data agents on a LookML dashboard
LookerPreview
Aug 28Spanner supports expression indexes on scalar expressions
SpannerUpdate
Aug 28The Advanced Unused Content Cleanup feature is now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 28You can now configure Continuous Integration to automatically run CI suites when a dbt Cloud CI job finishes
LookerUpdate
Aug 27CodeMender updates (v0.5.0)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Aug 27Core graph processing for BigQuery Graph requires an Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition reservation
BigQueryUpdate
Aug 27Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash is available in Public Preview
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 27Gemini Omni Flash generally available (GA)
Gemini APIGA
Aug 27The Data Engineering Agent is now HIPAA compliant
BigQueryUpdate
Aug 27You can now train models using XGBoost version 2.1 by using the XGBOOST_VERSION option
BigQueryGA
Aug 26Gemini 3.5 Transcribe generally available (GA)
Gemini APIGA
Aug 26Gemini Enterprise: Updates to A2UI Material catalog component properties
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 26Knowledge Catalog support for importing metadata from dbt Core and MetricFlow is available in Preview
Dataplex Universal CatalogPreview
Aug 26You can now view real-time logs for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging
BigQueryGA
Aug 25BigQuery data governance tags are supported in Terraform
BigQueryPreview
Aug 24BigQuery data agent monitoring with Google Cloud Observability in preview
BigQueryPreview
Aug 24GLM 5.2 is available in Public Preview
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 24Gemini Enterprise: Cloud Monitoring observability for data connectors
Gemini EnterpriseBeta
Aug 24Gemini Enterprise: D&B Commercial Graph data store (Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Aug 21Gemini Enterprise: AI developer tools on Standard Emerging Market edition
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 21Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Aug 21xAI's Grok 4.6
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 20BigQuery Graph core processing limited to Enterprise editions from April 26, 2027
BigQueryDeprecation
Aug 20BigQuery adds ML.TREND, ML.SEASONALITY and ML.DETECT_CHANGE_POINTS in preview
BigQueryPreview
Aug 20Gemini Enterprise and Gemini Notebook Enterprise: Autocomplete for sharing notebooks and agents with Okta
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 20Gemini Enterprise: Antigravity for IDEs available in AI developer tools
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 20Gemini Enterprise: Google Identity support for third-party data stores
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 20The run_bq_command tool exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server
BigQueryPreview
Aug 18CodeMender updates (v0.4.0): Model support
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 18Gemini Enterprise: Access and configure AI developer tools
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 18Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.6 Flash available in US and EU multi-regions
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 18Gemini Enterprise: Google Sites federated connector (GA)
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 18Looker 26.14 begins rolling out to Rapid and No Channel release channels
LookerUpdate
Aug 18The default per-project limit of user-specific reservation assignments has been increased from 10 to 100
BigQueryUpdate
Aug 17Gemini Enterprise: General availability for registering A2UI and A2A agents with Gemini Enterprise, including A2UI version v0.9 support
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 17Looker's Continuous Integration is based on the legacy standalone Spectacles service
LookerUpdate
Aug 17MCP Toolbox for Databases adds AlloyDB observability and query insights
AlloyDBUpdate
Aug 15AlphaFold 3 is generally available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Aug 15Monitor semantic governance policies with built-in metrics (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 14Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.7 Flash available in the mobile app
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 13Agent Runtime: ADK telemetry metrics
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Aug 13BigQuery pipelines add automated metadata enrichment in preview
BigQueryPreview
Aug 13Gemini 3.7 Flash generally available (GA)
Gemini APIGA
Aug 13Gemini 3.7 Flash is generally available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Aug 13Gemini Enterprise: Create, upload, and share custom skills
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 13Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.7 Flash availability in mobile app
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 13Gemini Enterprise: Use Gemini 3.7 Flash
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 12CodeMender CLI: Sandbox enabled by default
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Aug 12Gemini Enterprise: AlphaEvolve HPC solution
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 12Gemini Enterprise: GitHub connector with data federation
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 12Table Explorer behavior has moved to the Reference panel
BigQueryUpdate
Aug 11Gemini Enterprise: Manage overages, spend limits, and costs for invoiced Cloud Billing accounts
Gemini EnterprisePricing
Aug 11Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Aug 11Query templates for data clean rooms are generally available (GA)
BigQueryGA
Aug 11Spanner applies the 80,000 mutation limit per DML statement
SpannerUpdate
Aug 10BigQuery supports gemini-3.1-flash-lite and gemini-3.5-flash GA models
BigQueryGA
Aug 10Gemini Enterprise: Export user data to a CSV file
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 10Spanner dynamic channel pooling for Go and Java clients is GA
SpannerGA
Aug 7AlloyDB can sync BigQuery tables in preview
AlloyDBPreview
Aug 7AlloyDB integration with BigQuery enters preview
AlloyDBPreview
Aug 7Gemini Enterprise: Custom MCP server data stores
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Aug 7Gemini Enterprise: Experimental agent telemetry aligned with OpenTelemetry generative AI semantic conventions
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 6Gemini Enterprise: Description field removed from Custom MCP server data store
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 6Gemini Enterprise: Postponed removal of Gemini 3.5 Flash in the Global region
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 6Looker 26.14
LookerUpdate
Aug 6Looker Conversational Analytics agents can toggle thinking and debug output
LookerUpdate
Aug 6Looker Conversational Analytics agents show query results in thinking
LookerUpdate
Aug 6Looker Dashboard Tile Limits is generally available
LookerGA
Aug 6Looker Granular Dashboard Sizing is generally available
LookerGA
Aug 6The Axis Order options in the Y tab of the visualization editor now support keyboard inputs
LookerUpdate
Aug 6The timeout length for Conversational Analytics queries has been increased from two to five minutes
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Gemini Enterprise: Clinical Trials data store no longer available
Gemini EnterpriseDeprecation
Aug 5Localization is now supported for the dimension_group parameter
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker 26.12 features auto-enable on Google Cloud core, August 3 to 5, 2026
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now supports email alerts
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker Conversational Analytics token usage metrics in preview
LookerPreview
Aug 5Looker Insight Assistant shows how it generates responses
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker LookML Projects page gets a tabbed layout
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker Modern User Interface enters preview
LookerPreview
Aug 5Looker admins can require MFA for email and password logins
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker data agents return charts in Gemini Enterprise
LookerUpdate
Aug 5Looker instances created after August 1, 2026 lose free Data Studio Pro
LookerPricing
Aug 5Now available in preview, the Admin Assistant helps you use natural language to manage Looker roles
LookerPreview
Aug 5The Enhanced search feature is now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 5The Expression Assistant is now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 5The Table Visualization Improvements feature is now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 5The custom calendar feature is now generally available
LookerGA
Aug 4AlloyDB now supports Best Matching 25 (BM25) indexes for full-text search in Preview
AlloyDBPreview
Aug 4Gemini Enterprise: End-to-end tracing support for data connectors
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Aug 4Looker 26.12 features auto-enable on all instances, August 3 to 7, 2026
LookerUpdate
Aug 4Looker Conversational Analytics engagement and token metrics in preview
LookerPreview
Aug 4Looker Conversational Analytics query review and feedback in preview
LookerPreview
Aug 4Process-level sandboxing and auto-updates (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Aug 3BigQuery JDBC driver adds OpenTelemetry tracing and logging
BigQueryGA
Aug 3BigQuery cross-cloud connections query AWS, Azure and Salesforce in preview
BigQueryPreview
Aug 3BigQuery hybrid search with VECTOR_SEARCH and AI.SEARCH is restored
BigQueryUpdate
Aug 3Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Public Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Aug 3Looker Conversational Analytics adds EU localized processing option
LookerUpdate
Aug 1Gemini Enterprise: Pay for what you consume with the Pay-as-you-go edition
Gemini EnterpriseGA

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