Overview
- Google says the Gemini app gained in‑chat file generation on Wednesday, with a global rollout that lets users save to a device or export to Google Drive.
- Supported outputs include Google Workspace files and common Office formats such as PDF, DOCX and XLSX, along with CSV, LaTeX, plain text, RTF and Markdown.
- The change targets busy workflows by removing copy‑paste, with examples like exporting a budget to Excel or turning lecture notes into a LaTeX study guide as a PDF.
- A gap remains for PowerPoint exports, since there is no direct .pptx option yet and users must export to Google Slides and then download as PPT.
- Early reports describe a gradual rollout with some users not seeing the option yet, occasional crashes, and trouble with certain image types such as transparent PNGs, while Google says personalization features are headed to UK users in the next couple of weeks.