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Google Cloud, September 2026 new features

79 releases · 8 products · 23 GA · 23 Preview · 5 Deprecation · 3 Pricing

Aug 2026
DateRelease
Sep 22Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 22Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS generally available (GA) : Released our next-generationunverified
Gemini APIGA
Sep 22Gemini Enterprise: D&B Risk Analytics data storeunverified
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 22Gemini Enterprise: New data store (Preview)unverified
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Sep 22You can now publish a BigQuery data agent in Gemini Enterprise by registering the agent with Agent Registry...unverified
BigQueryPreview
Sep 21BigQuery Studio query results pane shows recent run history
BigQueryGA
Sep 21BigQuery generative AI functions now support the gemini-3.8-flash Gemini model
BigQueryUpdate
Sep 21Gemini Enterprise: Transfer ownership of shared agents
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Sep 21You can now use the AlloyDB Columnar Engine as a read-optimized, in-memory cache for HNSW vector indexes
AlloyDBGA
Sep 18Agent Platform SDK for Python version 2.0.1 is available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformDeprecation
Sep 18Gemini 2.5 models access update
Gemini APIUpdate
Sep 18Gemini Enterprise: Support for new actions (Preview)unverified
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Sep 18Gemini Enterprise: Support for new actions (Public Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Sep 18Spanner adds automatic parameterization of SQL query literals
SpannerUpdate
Sep 18xAI's Grok 4.6 is generally available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Sep 17Antigravity Agent 09-2026
Gemini APIPreview
Sep 17Gemini Enterprise: Gemini Code Assist availability update for subscriptions
Gemini EnterpriseUpdate
Sep 17Gemini Enterprise: Voice input for the chat box
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 17Gemini Omni Flash supports stateful and streaming video generation (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Sep 17Looker 26.18
LookerUpdate
Sep 17Spanner queues are generally available (GA)
SpannerGA
Sep 17You can add unit tests to pipelines to validate your SQL transformation logic against mock datasets
BigQueryGA
Sep 16BigQuery migration lineage service enters preview
BigQueryPreview
Sep 16CodeMender updates (v0.8.0)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 15Gemini 3.8 Live and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking are generally available
Gemini APIGA
Sep 15Reinforcement learning fine-tuning in the Google Cloud console (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Sep 14An updated version of the Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery is now available
BigQueryUpdate
Sep 14BigQuery supports WHERE clauses inside aggregate function calls in preview
BigQueryPreview
Sep 14Cyber Verification Program for Claude is available in Preview
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Sep 14Gemini model deprecation and retirement date updates
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformDeprecation
Sep 14Metadata for BigQuery Graph is automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
BigQueryPreview
Sep 14Metadata for BigQuery Graph is now automatically ingested and searchable in Knowledge Catalog
Dataplex Universal CatalogPreview
Sep 11AlloyDB audit log pipeline status available in Cloud Monitoring
AlloyDBUpdate
Sep 11Spanner Graph adds semantic options and key uniqueness validation
SpannerUpdate
Sep 10BigQuery Data Engineering Agent integrates with BigQuery Graph
BigQueryGA
Sep 10BigQuery ML.METRICS evaluates predictions without a stored model
BigQueryPreview
Sep 10BigQuery conversational analytics adds ML.CORRELATION in preview
BigQueryPreview
Sep 10Gemini Enterprise: Pay-as-you-go edition and AI developer tools available for all invoiced Cloud Billing accounts
Gemini EnterprisePricing
Sep 10Gemini Enterprise: Support for channel mentions and multi-turn conversations in the Gemini Enterprise app for Slack
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 10Looker extension for VS Code is generally available with MCP support
LookerGA
Sep 10Provisioned Throughput: Support for multiple pending orders and change requests
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 10You can use the AI.CAUSAL_EFFECT function to quantify the impact of specific interventions on time series data
BigQueryPreview
Sep 9Agent Gateway supports VPC Service Controls
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 9Agent Gateway supports multiple Agent Registry instances
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 9BigQuery generative AI functions add gemini-3.5-flash-lite, 3.6-flash and 3.7-flash
BigQueryUpdate
Sep 9Computer Use and Shell sandboxes are generally available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Sep 9Gemini Notebook Enterprise: Website URL ingestion blocked by VPC Service Controls
Gemini EnterpriseDeprecation
Sep 9Priority PayGo now supports the US and EU multi-region endpoints
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 9The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027
LookerDeprecation
Sep 8Agent connectivity templates for VPC connectivity in Agent Gateway
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 8Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function
BigQueryPreview
Sep 8Gemini Enterprise: Semantic search support in Google Cloud Marketplace (Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Sep 7Knowledge Catalog data domains enter preview
Dataplex Universal CatalogPreview
Sep 4Gemini Enterprise: Create and manage projects
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 4Gemini Enterprise: Monday federated data store (GA)
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 4Gemini Enterprise: New data stores and support for new actions (Preview)
Gemini EnterprisePreview
Sep 4Looker 26.16
LookerUpdate
Sep 4Now available in preview, the Admin Assistant helps you use natural language to manage Looker roles
LookerPreview
Sep 4The Semantic Search feature is now generally available
LookerGA
Sep 3Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis
BigQueryGA
Sep 3Gemini Enterprise: General availability of Workflow Builder (formerly Agent Designer)
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 3Gemini Enterprise: Latency and error rate views for agents
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 3Lyria 3.5 generally available (GA)
Gemini APIGA
Sep 3Spanner PostgreSQL dialect adds ILIKE and NOT ILIKE
SpannerUpdate
Sep 2AlloyDB real-time BigQuery access adds limit pushdown and runtime projects
AlloyDBPreview
Sep 2An updated version of the Simba JDBC driver for BigQuery is now available
BigQueryUpdate
Sep 2Deferred tier for autonomous agent scheduling (Preview)
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPreview
Sep 2Gemini 3.8 Flash generally available (GA)
Gemini APIGA
Sep 2Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformGA
Sep 2Gemini Enterprise: Gemini 3.8 Flash available in Global, US, and EU regions
Gemini EnterpriseGA
Sep 2OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027
LookerDeprecation
Sep 2Provisioned Throughput support for Gemini Omni
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 2Spanner PostgreSQL dialect supports the TABLESAMPLE operator
SpannerUpdate
Sep 1Agentic video understanding
Gemini APIUpdate
Sep 1Anthropic's Claude Fable 5.1 is now available
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 1Embedding SKUs are changing
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformUpdate
Sep 1Gemini Enterprise: Overage controls available for all invoiced Cloud Billing accounts
Gemini EnterprisePricing
Sep 1Pricing updates for agent metering
Gemini Enterprise Agent PlatformPricing
Sep 1The Rust SDK for BigQuery is now in Preview
BigQueryPreview

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