Releasesby GlyphLooker instances require patches for Canadian time zone changes
Looker instances require updates to handle permanent daylight saving time changes in several Canadian provinces effective November 1, 2026.
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Microsoft Graph Logs connector is available in Beta
The Microsoft Graph Logs connector is now in beta for Databricks Lakeflow Connect, supporting incremental ingestion of security alerts from Microsoft security products.
Hybrid table support for Google Cloud (Preview)
Snowflake hybrid tables are now supported in all Google Cloud commercial regions in preview.
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres (General availability)
External OAuth for Snowflake Postgres is now generally available, allowing authentication via external identity providers.
[In preview] Public Preview: Support database-level managed identity (including FIC) in Create Database Scoped Credential T-SQL
Users can now assign a user-assigned managed identity to individual databases in Azure SQL Database. This enables secure access to files in Azure Blob Storage and Data Lake Storage Gen2 via external tables and OPENROWSET.
GPT-6 Rosalind released for biological research
GPT-6 Rosalind is a specialized model for biological reasoning and scientific tool use. It is available to approved organizations for internal research.
Track Unity Gateway skill usage with audit logs and the usage dashboard
Users can now track Unity Gateway Skill usage through audit logs and a dedicated dashboard. The dashboard provides visibility into downloads, loads, and user activity.
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Looker 26.20 features enabled
New features are automatically enabled for Looker (original) and Looker (Google Cloud core) instances running version 26.20.
Gemini-powered Explore summaries in Looker are generally available
The ability to generate summaries of Looker Explores using Gemini assistance is now generally available.
Looker bullet chart visualization is generally available
The bullet chart visualization type is now generally available in Looker, allowing users to evaluate metric performance against targets and thresholds.
Looker CI supports hub-and-spoke projects
Looker Continuous Integration now supports hub-and-spoke projects, allowing automated testing of downstream spoke projects when changes are made to an upstream hub.
Looker table row grouping is generally available
Table row grouping and associated menu options are now generally available in Looker, allowing hierarchical display of table data.
Looker Visualization Assistant is generally available
The Looker Visualization Assistant is now generally available.
Two new legacy features, Use Legacy Explore and Merge Query Experience and Use Legacy Explore and Merge Query...
Two new legacy features, Use Legacy Explore and Merge Query Experience and Use Legacy Explore and Merge Query Experience for Embed , are now available for Looker (original) and Looker (Google Cloud core) instances.
Looker adds histogram chart visualization
Looker now includes a histogram chart visualization option for displaying data distributions.