Google Sheets Updates & Release Notes

Google Sheets now offers enhanced support for combo charts, providing a more seamless experience when creating multi-series visualizations. Users can create new “Combo” chart types, enabling complex dataset visualization with different scales and metrics without requiring manual re-plotting. These include:

• Clustered Column - Line
• Clustered Column - Line on Secondary Axis
• Custom Combo

Sheets combo chart support also comes with enhanced Microsoft Excel import compatibility. Previously, importing external files that contained combo charts with a secondary axis would result in the secondary axis being dropped. This update ensures that secondary axis configurations and combo chart types are preserved during file import.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about adding and editing a chart in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 20, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 4, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Docs Editors Help: Add & edit a chart or graph

Feature

Developer Preview: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Google Sheets is now available in developer preview. MCP is an open protocol that enables seamless integration between AI applications and your spreadsheets. By configuring the Sheets MCP server, you enable AI agents to securely interact with your spreadsheets and take actions, such as reading cell values or updating formulas.

To get started with the Sheets MCP server, see the following documentation:

Set up the Sheets MCP server
Sheets MCP tool reference

To find more available MCP servers, see Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers in Google Workspace.

Google Sheets now fully supports the import of 3D bar charts. Previously, when users imported files containing 3D bar charts into Sheets, they would be displayed as 2D bar charts. With this update, importing these types of files, including from Microsoft Excel, will yield a more seamless experience.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about adding and editing a chart in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Available now
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on July 13, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Docs Editors Help: Add & edit a chart or graph

You can now easily identify critical irregularities and outliers in your time-series data when using Connected Sheets to analyze BigQuery data sets from Google Sheets. Anomaly detection in Connected Sheets allows users to distinguish between expected trends and true outliers without requiring manual model training or complex SQL knowledge.

Powered by BigQuery ML and TimesFM, this capability delivers "zero-shot" analysis, meaning you can uncover actionable AI insights immediately—no need to configure or wait for a model to be trained on your data. Anomaly detection also builds upon our recently introduced forecasting feature to provide a more comprehensive suite of predictive tools right where you already work.

Key features include:

• Easy, SQL-free configuration: A user-friendly side panel guides you through configuring your anomaly detection analysis without writing a single line of SQL.
• Clear, built-in formatting: Results are cleanly rendered with new columns for is_anomaly (a boolean indicator) and lower_bound / upper_bound intervals to help you quickly sort, filter, and interpret the findings.
• Customizable thresholds: Take control of your analysis by setting a specific time period, anomaly probability threshold (defaulting to 0.95), and filtering input data
• Automated refresh ability: Just like other Connected Sheets objects, your anomaly detection extracts can be scheduled to refresh automatically, ensuring your insights are always current.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: Access to anomaly detection in Connected Sheets requires permissions to a BigQuery project with billing enabled.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Help: Use BigQuery ML in Connected Sheets

We’re excited to introduce new Gemini in Sheets capabilities that enable you to build and edit entire spreadsheets using simple natural language.

Whether you need a quick view of your small business's financial health or a complex project tracker, Gemini in Sheets orchestrates the multi-step construction from start to finish. Workspace Intelligence synthesizes data across your files, emails, chats, and the web to help you visualize your data with stylized tables, formulas, pivot tables, and charts.

Gemini in Sheets can handle complex, multi-step tasks that previously required expert-level knowledge of Sheets. For example, you can ask Gemini to do end-to-end creation to "build a P&L dashboard leveraging my historic service incidents and rate cards," or do side-by-side editing to “add scorecards and bar charts above my sales and inventory data”. Gemini will synthesize relevant information, construct a plan for your approval, and then build out the entire formatted spreadsheet.

Key capabilities include:

• End-to-end creation: Build entire spreadsheets from a single prompt, including data retrieval and formatting.
• Side-by-side editing: Refine and update existing models, budgets, or analysis directly in the side panel.
• Workspace Intelligence: Automatically pull context and data from other Workspace apps to ensure your spreadsheet is accurate and relevant.
• Advanced task fulfillment: Leverages Sheets’ most powerful tools, like pivot tables and complex formulas, without requiring manual configuration.
• Advanced optimization: Handle complex optimization problems that typically require complex manual formulas or third-party tools. Powered by research from Google DeepMind and Google Research OR-Tools.
• State-of-the-art performance: Gemini in Sheets achieved a 70.48% success rate in autonomously manipulating complex, real-world spreadsheets on the full SpreadsheetBench dataset, nearing human expert ability.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is available by default if Gemini for Workspace in Sheets is enabled. Note that enabling Workspace Intelligence expands the range of supported use cases.
• End users: You must have Workspace smart features enabled to take advantage of these features. Eligible users will see the Gemini icon in the Sheets side panel. Simply describe the spreadsheet or edit you need to begin collaborating. Visit the Help Center to learn more about building and editing spreadsheets with Gemini in Sheets.

Note: Through July 15, 2026, Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher limits for the improved Gemini in Sheets experience, allowing users to experiment with this feature. Users will see a notification when they use this feature, informing them of the promotional access period. Per-user usage limits will apply after July 15; we’ll provide more information in the Help Center in advance of updated usage limits going into effect.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• AI Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*; AI Ultra Access*; Google AI Pro for Education
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

*Once promotional limits are no longer in effect, users with AI Expanded Access and AI Ultra Access add-on licenses will have higher limits on usage of Gemini in Sheets.

Resources

• Google Help: Build or edit entire spreadsheets with Gemini in Sheets
• Google Workspace Blog: Introducing Workspace Intelligence
• The Keyword: Gemini in Google Sheets just achieved state-of-the-art performance
• Workspace Updates Blog: Introducing Workspace Intelligence, with admin controls

We're excited to introduce a new AI-powered feature in Google Sheets that allows you to transform unstructured text into organized tables.

Manually formatting and organizing unformatted data in spreadsheets can be a tedious, time-consuming task. Now, when you paste content like bulleted lists, freeform text, or JSON we surface a “Convert to table” button which leverages Gemini to turn your pasted content into a table with just a single click. This helps to streamline data entry so you can move to analysis faster.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is an additional entry point to existing AI table generation functionality. This feature will be hidden if the Smart features for Google Workspace setting is disabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more about setting smart features controls on or off for users.
• End users: You must have Workspace smart features enabled to use this feature. This feature will be ON by default for eligible users. To use it, simply paste text into a Sheet; if the content is suitable, a "Convert to Table" prompt will appear. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Education: Google AI Pro for Education
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

Resources

• Google Help: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets

We're introducing Fill with Gemini in Google Sheets, a new AI-powered feature designed to make data preparation and manual entry even easier. Fill with Gemini infers your intent, allowing you to populate data 9x faster than manual entry for 100-cell tasks.*

Whether you need to extract information from the web or categorize existing data, Fill with Gemini handles the heavy lifting, eliminating the need for complex formulas. For example, a marketing team can use it to automatically generate suggested responses based on customer feedback messages, or a small business owner could use it to quickly fill out product details just by describing what they need.

Fill with Gemini offers two ways to enrich your data, saving you time and effort:

• Drag-and-drop: If your column has at least one completed cell, you can use a new drag entry point to fill the column based on the context of the table.
• Prompt-based filling: For empty multi-cell selections, you can use a one-click entry point to "Fill" the range. You can either automatically fill cells when a column has at least one completed cell or write a custom prompt to fit your specific needs.

*Data based on a 95-participant study comparing manual entry against Fill with Gemini on a 100-cell task.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature is an entry point to the existing AI function. It will be hidden if the Smart features for Google Workspace setting is disabled. Visit the Help Center to learn more about managing Google Workspace smart features for your users.
• End users: You must have Workspace smart features enabled to use Fill with Gemini. This feature will be ON by default for eligible users. Users can trigger Fill with Gemini by dragging a selection or selecting empty cells to see the prompt menu. Visit the Help Center to learn more about filling columns with Gemini.

Note: Through July 15, 2026, Workspace customers will get promotional access to higher limits for AI function in Google Sheets, allowing users to experiment with these features. Per-user usage limits will apply after that date; we’ll provide more information in the Help Center in advance of updated usage limits going into effect.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on April 22, 2026
• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on May 6, 2026

Availability

• Business: Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
• AI Add-ons: AI Expanded Access*; AI Ultra Access*; Google AI Pro for Education
• Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

*Once promotional limits are no longer in effect, users with AI Expanded Access and AI Ultra Access add-on licenses will have higher limits on usage of AI function in Google Sheets.

Resources

• Google Help: Use the AI function in Google Sheets
• Google Admin Help: Set smart features & controls on or off for users

We are introducing updates to the logic and parameter support for a targeted set of Google Sheets functions. These changes are designed to improve error visibility, offer more control over data, and ensure seamless compatibility when importing files.

Specifically, you will notice improvements across several categories of functions, including:

• Better error surfacing: Select informational and statistical functions (such as HYPERLINK, VALUE, and T.TEST) will now more accurately flag underlying errors, like broken URLs or zero-variance denominators, preventing potential data issues from being masked.
• Enhanced parameter support: Several statistical distribution functions (such as HYPGEOM.DIST, NORM.S.DIST, and LOGNORM.DIST) now support additional parameters, allowing for greater control and ensuring they import smoothly from external spreadsheets.
• Refined calculation logic: Select financial and array functions (such as CUMIPMT and FREQUENCY) have been updated to provide more precise and predictable results based on your specific data inputs.

These enhancements reduce friction and provide more trustworthy outcomes for users who rely on precise mathematical behaviors. You can now troubleshoot complex spreadsheets more effectively and import external files with confidence, knowing your formulas will evaluate as expected. For a comprehensive list of Sheets functions and their specific inputs and behavior, please visit our Help Center.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: There is no end user setting for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more about how these functions work in Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Available now

Availability

• Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Help: Google Sheets function list

We are adding two new functions to Google Sheets, =SHEET and =SHEETS. These additions help users manage and reference spreadsheets with multiple tabs more effectively.
The new functions operate as follows:

• =SHEET(value): Returns the sheet number of a specified sheet name or reference. If the argument is omitted, it returns the number of the sheet containing the function.
• =SHEETS(): Returns the number of all sheets in the spreadsheet.
  Please note that the =SHEETS function in Google Sheets does not accept arguments (such as a range of tabs). Formulas containing arguments for this function will result in an error.
  These functions allow you to perform calculations based on the structure of your spreadsheet. Both functions are dynamic and will recalculate when a sheet is added, deleted, moved, or renamed within a document. This ensures your data analysis remains accurate even as the organization of your spreadsheet changes.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: Use =SHEET() or =SHEETS() in any Sheets document to get started with the feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on February 23, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Help: Sheets Function

Overview

We are introducing a new capability in Connected Sheets for BigQuery that allows users to generate data forecasts directly within Google Sheets using the power of BigQuery ML (BQML) and Google’s state-of-the-art TimesFM model. Users can now predict future sales, demand volume, or other key business metrics without needing to write SQL, use Python, or customize and train their own models.

This feature is designed for simplicity and speed. TimesFM’s powerful foundation model is pre-trained on billions of data points from real-world datasets, enabling business users to generate sophisticated predictions on their data immediately without the complex, time-consuming training pipelines typically associated with machine learning.

Key features

• Simple configuration: Forecasts can be created from any existing BigQuery dataset or custom query using a user-friendly configuration pane in the Sheets UI.
• Customizable parameters: Users can adjust forecast parameters, such as the prediction horizon for how far into the future the user wants to predict and confidence intervals, or use our default options to get started.
• Granular analysis: The feature supports breakouts by any given data dimension, allowing users to run multiple time series forecasts simultaneously (e.g., forecasting sales broken down by region or product category).
• Visual insights: For single time series forecasts, Sheets automatically generates a helpful chart visualizing the forecast alongside historical data.

Getting started

• Admins: There is no admin control for this feature.
• End users: Create a Connected Sheet. On the Preview view, click on “Advanced Analytics” and then “Create a Forecast”.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) started on February 16, 2026

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers and users with personal Google accounts

We're making it easier than ever to analyze massive datasets by more seamlessly connecting Google Sheets and BigQuery. Now, users will see a new option to import .csv files containing datasets of any size directly to BigQuery while opening large .csv files from Drive or via the Data > Data Connectors menu flow in Sheets. From there, users can analyze the entire dataset using familiar Sheets features such as charts, pivot tables, and formulas via Connected Sheets.

Previously, preparing a large dataset for analysis in Connected Sheets was often a multi-step process that could have involved relying on separate data pipelines, processing tools or multiple upload steps, all before the user could return to Sheets to start their analysis. This new connectivity expedites the analysis workflow by allowing users to directly ingest large datasets and begin analysis seamlessly, all within a single interface. This update will help users move from raw data to insights much faster.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will only be available to users who have been granted permissions to write to BigQuery tables. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Connected Sheets in your organization.

• End users: This feature will be available by default for users with permissions to write to BigQuery. Visit the Help Center to learn more about uploading to BigQuery and analyzing via Connected Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 3, 2025

• Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on November 18, 2025

Availability

• Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Use Connected Sheets in your organization
• Google Help: Get started with BigQuery data in Google Sheets
• BigQuery Help Center: Using Connected Sheets

Connected Sheets pivot tables with BigQuery updates

We are rolling out two significant updates to Connected Sheets pivot tables backed by BigQuery, designed to increase analytical capacity and streamline your workflow.

First, we’re doubling row capacity for pivot tables backed by BigQuery in Connected Sheets, from 100,000 to 200,000 rows. This change will allow users to bring in substantially larger views of BigQuery datasets in a single pivot table, enabling wider, more comprehensive analyses within the familiar Sheets environment.

Second, we’re launching the ability to “drill down” into Connected Sheets pivot tables, allowing you to immediately access the granular data making up any aggregated value. Users can now double-click on a pivot table cell or use the right-click > Show details menu option to instantly create a pre-configured extract, focusing on the specific records that make up that summary metric.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will only be available to users with appropriate BigQuery permissions. Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Connected Sheets in your organization.
• End users: This feature will be available by default for users with appropriate BigQuery permissions. Visit the Help Center to learn more about analyzing BigQuery data using Connected Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 30, 2025

Availability

Available to all Google Workspace customers, Workspace Individual Subscribers, and users with personal Google accounts

Resources

• Google Workspace Admin Help: Use Connected Sheets in your organization
• Google Help: Get started with BigQuery data in Google Sheets
• BigQuery Help Center: Using Connected Sheets

Starting today, Gemini in Sheets can understand and analyze multiple tables within a single tab of a spreadsheet. This new functionality allows you to ask questions and perform analysis that spans multiple data sources, dramatically increasing the power and accuracy of your queries. You can select or deselect tables to focus Gemini’s attention, and you can also directly make a selection within a table to be used as input for your query.

You can use this update while:

• Generating formulas: Generate complex formulas that reference and perform calculations across several tables in one go. For example, you can now have Gemini write XLOOKUP functions to look up values from one table to use in another, or aggregate data from multiple tables into a single summary calculation.
• Analyzing and generating charts: Ask Gemini to analyze data scattered across multiple tables to uncover insights and create data visualizations. You can get a holistic view of your data, whether you’re identifying top performers by combining sales data from different tables, or creating a single chart that compares sales performance data from separate tables.
• Editing your data: Apply changes to multiple tables at once with a single request. For example, you can now use Gemini to apply consistent conditional formatting across all your tables in a spreadsheet or build a single pivot table that summarizes data from multiple tables.
• Targeting analysis with selections: You can now make selections within your tables to focus Gemini’s analysis. Ask for summaries of specific data, find outliers in a selected range, or generate formulas based on the data you’ve highlighted. For example, you can select a column and ask, "What are the trends in the selected column?"

Admins

To access Gemini in Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on the personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.

End users

• This feature will be on by default.
• Visit the Help Center to learn more about Gemini in Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 20, 2025

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

• Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Customers with the Gemini Education or Gemini Education Premium add-on
• Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

• Gemini Business*
• Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

• Google Help: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets

Gemini in Sheets: Multi-action prompts

Earlier this year, we introduced powerful new editing options within Gemini in Sheets like creating pivot tables, applying filters, and adding conditional formatting. Building on that momentum, we’re excited to announce that Gemini can now execute multiple actions at once from a single prompt - no need to simplify your instructions or disrupt your workflow by typing multiple different prompts. Plus, Gemini also newly supports an expanded library of editing tasks.

With Gemini’s understanding of compound requests, you can now describe a complex, multi-step goal in plain language, and Gemini will handle the rest. From structuring and cleaning raw data to performing bulk structural edits, you’ll save valuable time in your workday.

• Automate complex formatting and data cleaning tasks: Gemini can now execute on prompts that require chaining multiple actions together.

  • Multiple, simultaneous formatting requests: For example, you can now ask Gemini to completely reformat a plain project tracker in one go. Ask it to add dropdowns for "Status" and "Priority," insert a new formula column to calculate "Days Until Due Date," add a "Completed" checkbox column, and freeze the header row for easy viewing. Gemini will understand this multi-step request and perform all the actions at once.

  • Combined analytical and structural changes: For instance, ask Gemini to clean up a sales report by deleting rows for inactive reps, highlighting top performers who are above 120% of their quota in green, and then adding a new "Notes" column for follow-up actions.

  • Complex structure updates: For instance, you can ask Gemini to delete all "Archived" rows, then insert a new "Team" column with a dropdown list of team names, and finally add a new "Updated Due Date" column to prepare the sheet for the next planning cycle.

• Make edits more easily with additional supported actions: We've expanded the library of actions Gemini supports, which now includes:

  • Formatting: Add conditional formatting, set a number format, format as a table, or freeze a dimension.
  • Data Entry & Manipulation: Add a checkbox, add a dropdown (or convert a cell to a dropdown), fill a range with a formula, or find and replace.
  • Structure & Organization: Insert or delete a dimension (row/column), sort data, or add a pivot table.
  • Filtering: Create or clear filters.

• For example, you can now use natural language for complex data cleaning tasks, like asking Gemini to "Replace 'Software' and 'Web Hosting' with 'IT Services' everywhere on the sheet."

These updates make Gemini a more powerful and intuitive partner in Sheets, taking on complex, time-consuming tasks so you can focus on the insights and decisions that matter.

Getting started

• Admins: To access Gemini in Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can turn on the personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
• End users: You can access Gemini for Sheets in the side panel by clicking on “Ask Gemini” (spark button) in the top right corner of Sheets. Visit the Help Center to learn more about collaborating with Gemini in Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Currently available.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

• Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Google AI Pro for Education

Also available to:

• Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

• Gemini Business* Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the legacy Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

• Google Help: Collaborate with Gemini in Google Sheets
• Google Help: Use table references in Google Sheets

Earlier this year, we announced AI function in Sheets to help you generate text, summarize information, categorize data, and analyze sentiment at scale, directly from any cell in your spreadsheet. Last month, we expanded feature availability to seven additional languages.

Now, we're making AI function even more powerful by automatically grounding it in results from Google Search, so it can access up-to-the-minute information from the web to answer your prompts.

For example, you can now use the AI function to find the daily box office schedule for newly released movies, track the daily market sentiment for a new product launch, or get the latest weather information as you plan an upcoming vacation.

Getting started

• Admins: This feature will be available by default to users with Gemini in Sheets enabled. Use our Help Center to learn more about managing access to Gemini features in Workspace services.
• End users: This feature will be available by default for users with access to Gemini in Sheets. Use our Help Center to learn more about using the AI function in Google Sheets.

Rollout pace

• Rapid & Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on October 15, 2025.

Availability

Available for Google Workspace:

• Business Standard and Plus
• Enterprise Standard and Plus
• Google AI Ultra for Education

Also available to:

• Google AI Pro and Ultra

Anyone who previously purchased these add-ons will also receive this feature:

• Gemini Business*
• Gemini Enterprise*

*As of January 15, 2025, we’re no longer offering the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise add-ons for sale. Please refer to this announcement for more details.

Resources

• Google Help: Use the AI function in Google Sheets
• Workspace Updates Blog: Generate data with Gemini in Google Sheets