You can generate and edit Google Docs files directly in Gemini chats now

<figure> <img alt="" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/04/STK255_Google_Gemini_B_474198.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Now you can generate, preview, and edit PDFs, Google Docs, Google Sheets, slide decks, Markdown files, TXT files, and code <a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/edit-files-directly/">directly within Google Gemini</a>. The new file editing capabilities are available starting today for all Gemini users, and while PDF previews/editing works on both the web and mobile, all other file formats are only in the web version for now.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google added support for <a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920870/now-google-gemini-will-create-spreadsheets-pdfs-and-other-files-if-you-ask">generating and downloading files</a> in Gemini earlier this year, but now you can tweak those files without leaving the Gemini app. Google says you can expand documents to edit them in full-screen mode and highlight text in files to ask Gemini questions or prompt …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1022519/google-gemini-file-editing-documents-pdfs">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>