Releasesby IbisLooker (Google Cloud core) now supports Workforce Identity Federation in preview for instances that use...
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Looker (Google Cloud core) now supports Workforce Identity Federation in preview for instances that use Looker 26.18 and later. Workforce Identity Federation allows users to authenticate by using external identity providers without the need to manage individual Google Accounts.
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Every Looker releaseBeginning October 5, 2026, the following features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original)...
Beginning October 5, 2026, the following features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original) instances running Looker 26.18. Feature enablement for Looker (Google Cloud core) will be announced separately.
Looker now includes built-in support for the Dremio 26.0+ (Arrow Flight SQL) dialect
Looker now includes built-in support for the Dremio 26.0+ (Arrow Flight SQL) dialect. The Dremio 26.0+ (Arrow Flight SQL) uses the bundled Apache Arrow Flight SQL JDBC driver, so that you don't have to install unpackaged custom JDBC driver JAR files. See the Dremio documentation page for more information.
The AI-Assisted Quick Starts feature, called Starter questions in the new Explore experience, is now...
The AI-Assisted Quick Starts feature, called Starter questions in the new Explore experience, is now generally available.
The new Diagnose & Repair tool evaluates your LookML project repository across eight diagnostic test checks...
The new Diagnose & Repair tool evaluates your LookML project repository across eight diagnostic test checks in either your personal development environment or the shared production environment.
Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now includes the Style Validator , which enforces LookML coding standards...
Looker Continuous Integration (CI) now includes the Style Validator , which enforces LookML coding standards, naming conventions, and structural best practices across your LookML project.
Now available in preview , Conversational Analytics agentic workflows support scheduled agentic workflows in...
Now available in preview , Conversational Analytics agentic workflows support scheduled agentic workflows in addition to triggered agentic workflows . You can use scheduled agentic workflows to schedule recurring deliveries of AI-generated insights summaries, data tables, visualizations, and PDF reports to email or Slack by using natural language.
Now available in preview, Looker Data Apps are freeform canvas dashboards that are built by local AI coding...
Now available in preview, Looker Data Apps are freeform canvas dashboards that are built by local AI coding agents, such as Gemini CLI, Claude Code, or Cursor, from natural-language prompts.
In Conversational Analytics, the default question mode is now Fast rather than Thinking
In Conversational Analytics, the default question mode is now Fast rather than Thinking . Fast mode is intended for answering quickly, and it directly maps your query to underlying LookML definitions without generating reasoning steps.
Also shipped on Oct 12, 2026
Google Cloud in October 2026Change an incident’s conference bridge without leaving Slack with /pd meeting now Generally Available
Run /pd meeting during an incident, paste the new link, and PagerDuty updates the incident card instantly with a Join meeting button in the channel. Scribe Agent follows along to the new meeting on its own, so you keep the transcript for your post-incident review. Available to customers using the Pa...
New Incident Workflow action: Get Slack Mentions for Incident Participants now Generally Available
This new Incident Workflow action pulls the assignees, acknowledgers, and role holders on an incident and turns them into Slack @mentions. Pair it with Send Slack Message to tag everyone involved without hard-coding names, so the same workflow works across every team and rotation. Available to Pager...
Conference bridge selection in the Slack declare modal now Generally Available
Declare an incident with /pd declare and choose one of your pre-configured PagerDuty conference bridges from a dropdown, or paste a meeting URL if you don't have one set up. The bridge is on the incident from the moment it's declared, so responders can join from Slack in one click. Available to cust...
Unity Gateway Skills API and developer tools are available in Beta
The Unity Gateway Skills REST API is now available in Beta , with create, read, update, list, delete, and finalize support across Databricks developer tools: Databricks CLI Python SDK Go SDK Go Modular SDK Java SDK JavaScript SDK See the Skills API and SDK reference .
Feature Views will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled
Feature Views are now generally available. They will be automatically enabled for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in mid-November 2026. Define and compute features declaratively from batch or streaming data, then use them for model training and online serving. See Feature Views .
Governed tag propagation is in Beta
Tag propagation in Unity Catalog is in Beta . When you enable tag propagation for a governed tag, Unity Catalog uses lineage to automatically apply that tag to derived tables and views whenever a supported operation runs, such as CREATE TABLE AS SELECT , CREATE VIEW , INSERT INTO ... SELECT , or MERGE .