Releasesby IbisConversational analytics in BigQuery is now available in the following locations: - northamerica-northeast1...
Update8 days agoUnverifiedAdded Oct 17, 2026
Conversational analytics in BigQuery is now available in the following locations: northamerica-northeast1 (Montréal) northamerica-northeast2 (Toronto) For more information, see Locations .
Topics: SQL
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Every BigQuery releaseYou can copy tables across regions
You can copy tables across regions . This feature is now generally available (GA).
You can now use column aliases in GoogleSQL
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You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and...
You can export a conversational analytics agent's answer , including text, visualizations, tables, and citations, to a PDF or CSV file. This feature is generally available (GA).
You can now use reusable column aliases in GoogleSQL
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The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA)
The Apache Hive catalog endpoint in the Lakehouse runtime catalog is now generally available (GA). This integration lets you use the metastore as a serverless, central metadata layer, enabling seamless data sharing and unified querying across Apache Spark, Apache Hive, and BigQuery.
Metadata migration from Dataproc Metastore to Lakehouse is now generally available (GA)
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Conversational analytics now lets you create a conversation with all of the data sources in multiple...
Conversational analytics now lets you create a conversation with all of the data sources in multiple projects, or create a conversation with a dataset . These features are generally available (GA).
You can publish a BigQuery Conversational Analytics agent in Gemini Enterprise
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