Gemini AI can automatically turn your spreadsheets into charts


Gemini has some new abilities that could make it more helpful in Sheets, Google announced in a post on the Workspace blog. Now, Gemini can respond to questions about your data with details about trends or by creating static charts that you can insert into your spreadsheet as images. The new capability is rolling out now to most Workspace plans and to users on the $19.99-per-month Google One AI Premium plan.
Google says Gemini does all of this by creating and running Python code, then producing an analysis of the code’s results. For simpler requests, it may use normal spreadsheet formulas, but the bottom line is that it could save you the tedium and headache that normally comes with creating data visualizations. Before this, Gemini was limited to simpler tasks like telling you how to do things in Sheets or creating tables for you.
Google caveats that these AI-generated data visualizations are static images, so you’ll have to ask Gemini to create a new one every time you update your data. Charts created the old-fashioned way will always reflect the changes you make once they’re in place, so it may be worth investing the up-front effort for datasets you update frequently. Also, Google warns that Gemini’s accuracy can be affected by things like inconsistent data formatting or missing values, as well as prompts that aren’t specific enough about what you want.
The new feature should finish rolling out by February 20th, joining other Gemini AI features that Google added — along with a price bump — to standard Workspace Business plans recently, whether Google’s Workspace customers wanted it or not.
Gemini has some new abilities that could make it more helpful in Sheets, Google announced in a post on the Workspace blog. Now, Gemini can respond to questions about your data with details about trends or by creating static charts that you can insert into your spreadsheet as images. The…
Recent Posts
- Elon Musk says Grok 2 is going open source as he rolls out Grok 3 for Premium+ X subscribers only
- FTC Chair praises Justice Thomas as ‘the most important judge of the last 100 years’ for Black History Month
- HP acquires Humane AI assets and the AI pin will suffer a humane death
- HP acquires Humane AI assets and the AI pin may suffer a humane death
- HP acquires Humane Ai and gives the AI pin a humane death
Archives
- February 2025
- January 2025
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- September 2018
- October 2017
- December 2011
- August 2010