Gemini now supports over 20 languages ​​in Google Drive PDF preview feature

What’s changing  

Last year, Google introduced the ability to use Gemini in Google Drive to interact with PDFs and then improved this by integrating Gemini into the side panel of Google Drive's PDF preview feature. Today, Google is excited to announce that PDF interaction in the Google Drive file viewer is now available in the following languages:

• Spanish
• Portuguese
• Japanese
• Korean
• Italian
• French
• German
• Mandarin
• Dutch
• Malay
• Modern Hebrew
• Polish
• Turkish
• Common Czech
• Indonesia
• Central Standard Swedish
• Standard Danish
• Norwegian
• Vietnamese
• Thai
• Ukrainian
• Finnish
• Arabic
• Greek
• Russian
• Hungarian
• Catalan Valencia
• Romanian

As a result, you can now use Gemini in Drive in even more languages to do things like:

• Get a quick overview of long, complicated PDFs
• Create new content: Use PDF contents to make something new, like a study guide or an email draft.

Getting started

• Admins: To access Gemini in the side panel of Workspace apps, users need to have smart features and personalization turned on. Admins can  turn on default personalization setting for their users in the Admin console.
• End users:
  • To access this feature, double-click on a PDF from the Google Drive file list and click on "Ask Gemini" (star button) in the top right corner.
  • Note: When Gemini initially launched in Workspace, PDFs viewed in Drive opened in a new browser tab to allow interaction with the Gemini side panel. With this update, the default behavior will open a file in the overlay file previewer. If you prefer for PDFs to open in a new tab by default, you can update your PDF opening default behavior in your Drive settings. If you previously set a preferred PDF opening default behavior in your Drive setting, your default open behavior will remain the same.
  • Visit the Help Center to learn more about using Gemini in Drive to work with PDFs.

Rollout pace

• Rapid Release and Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on January 29, 2025

Availability 

Available for Google Workspace: 

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

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

• Gemini Business* 
• Gemini Enterprise* 

Source: Gimasys