Collaborate with Gemini in Google Slides

Important: This is an experimental feature rolling out through the Gemini Business and Gemini Enterprise Alpha, and may not be available to you.

This feature is also available through our early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs.

In Google Slides, you can ask Gemini to:

This feature is currently available on desktop.

Before you use Gemini

Gemini feature suggestions don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
Don’t rely on Gemini features as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
Gemini features may suggest inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Gemini more helpful and safe.
Enterprise end users can submit feedback about their experience using this feature. End users are informed before they submit feedback that the feedback data shouldn’t contain personal, sensitive, or confidential information.
Generated images are for use only within Google Slides.
Gemini generated images are designed to bring your imagination to life in Slides, and may not represent real-world situations.

An animation showing a user asking Gemini in Slides to create a slide about Cymbal History

On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
To make the side panel bigger, click Expand .
- To go back to its original size, click Collapse .
At the bottom of the panel, you can select from suggested prompts or write your own.
From the generated text or image, you can:
- Generate new text or image: Click Retry .
- Add the suggested content to your presentation: Click Insert .
  - Before you click Insert , place the cursor where you want the content to be inserted in your document.
- Refine the generated text or image: Write a new prompt.
To close the panel, click Close .

On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
On the side panel, you can:
- Create an image based on a selected slide: Enter “Create an image" or "Suggest images for this slide.”
- Select a suggested prompt: The Gemini in Slides side panel might suggest images based on the content on your slides.
- Create your own prompt: For example, you can ask “Create an image of a dog with glasses.”
Press Enter.
To insert a specific image, hover over the image and click Insert .
- Optional: To send feedback about the image, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
You can also:
- Edit the prompt: Click Edit Prompt .
- Generate more images: At the bottom, click Show more .

You can use the Gemini in Slides side panel to generate a new slide.

On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
On the side panel, select a prompt or create your own.
- Examples:
  - “Create a slide about how to optimally train for a marathon.”
  - “Create a slide about how to utilize the SCRUM framework.”
  - "Create a slide about @Core Team sync."
From the generated slide, you can:
- Get a different version: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Retry .
- Add the slide to your presentation: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Insert .
- Refine the generated slide: On the side panel, write a new prompt.
- Send feedback: In the menu at the bottom of the slide, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .

When you open a presentation that has text, in the Gemini in Slides side panel, you’ll find a summary of your presentation.

You can also use Gemini to generate text for your presentation.

On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
Enter a prompt:
- Examples:
  - “Summarize this presentation in 3 sentences.”
  - “Create a slide that celebrates a colleague's work anniversary.”
Press Enter.
To add the suggested content to the presentation, click Insert .
You can also:
- Generate a new suggestion: Click Retry .
- Send feedback: Click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .

You can use Gemini to reference files from your Drive to generate responses in Slide.

On your computer, open a presentation in Google Slides.
At the top right, click Ask Gemini .
To reference a Drive file, enter a prompt with the file name:
- Example: “Create a slide outlining the next steps from @meeting notes and @core team sync."
To reference your emails from Gmail, on the side panel, enter a prompt.
- Example: “Create a summary of @monthly review emails.”
To check which files were used, at the bottom of the response, click Sources.
You can also:
- Add the text to your presentation: Click Insert .
- Get a different version: Click Retry .
- Send feedback: Click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .

If you get a suggestion that’s inaccurate or that you feel is unsafe, you can let us know by submitting feedback.

Below the generated content, click Good suggestion or Bad suggestion .
If you click Bad suggestion , you can select the issue you find and enter additional feedback.
Click Submit.

To provide general feedback on this feature, at the top, go to Help Help Slides improve.

To report a legal issue, create a request.

To remove all generated output that you haven’t imported to the presentation, you can clear your Gemini history at any time.

On your computer, at the top right of the Gemini in Slides side panel, click Clear history .
In the pop-up window, click Clear.

You’ll also lose your conversation history: