What is a Google Bard Experiment update – see 2023 Updates Now

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Google Bard is an experimental, conversational AI chat service developed by Google. It is based on Google’s Language Model for Dialogue Applications (LaMDA), which was unveiled in 2021. Google Bard was released in March 2023, and is currently available to a limited number of users.

Google Bard is still under development, but it has a number of capabilities, including:

Answering questions in a comprehensive and informative way, even if they are open ended, challenging, or strange.
Generating different creative text formats of text content, like poems, code, scripts, musical pieces, email, letters, etc.
Translating languages.
Summarizing factual topics.

Google Bard is being updated on a regular basis, and new features are being added all the time. Some of the recent updates to Google Bard include:

Support for more languages.
The ability to generate different creative text formats, such as poems, code, scripts, and musical pieces.
The ability to access information from a number of Google apps and services, such as YouTube, Maps, Hotels, Flights, Gmail, Docs, and Drive.

Google is also working on a number of new features for Google Bard, such as the ability to have more natural and engaging conversations with users, and the ability to provide more personalized recommendations.

Overall, Google Bard is a powerful and versatile AI chat service that is still under development. It has a number of capabilities, and new features are being added all the time. Google is committed to making Google Bard the best AI chat service possible, and is actively working on improving it.

Here are some examples of how Google Bard is being used today:

A student is using Google Bard to help them with their research paper on the history of the internet.
A writer is using Google Bard to brainstorm ideas for a new blog post.
A software developer is using Google Bard to help them debug their code.
A customer service representative is using Google Bard to answer customer questions in a more efficient and informative way.
A teacher is using Google Bard to create personalized learning materials for their students.

Google Bard is still in its early stages of development, but it has the potential to be a valuable tool for people in many different fields.

2023.09.27

A new way to help Bard improve

What: We’ve added a new way for you to give feedback. When Bard occasionally responds with two drafts side by side, select the draft you prefer. You can also indicate no preference or opt out entirely.
Why: Real-world feedback helps Bard improve the quality of its responses. Your feedback on Bard drafts contributes to making Bard better for yourself and others.

2023.09.19

Introducing Bard’s most capable model yet

What: Your feedback has accelerated Bard’s ability to be more intuitive, imaginative and responsive than ever before. Whether you want to collaborate on something playful and creative, start in one language and continue in up to 40+ other languages, ask for in-depth coding assistance, or learn about new topics from different points of view, Bard can help you explore possibilities with greater quality and accuracy.
Why: We believe in rapid iteration and bringing the best of Bard to the world. Your feedback has helped unlock the most capable version of Bard yet for stronger collaboration in languages and countries all over the world.

Bard can now access helpful information from Google apps and services

What: Starting in English, Bard can now retrieve and help you work with real-time info from Maps, YouTube, Hotels and Flights. You can pull together what you need across information sources and bring ideas to life easier and faster. These extensions are enabled by default, and you can disable them at any time.
Why: Just about everything we do in life involves a bit of gathering information and planning. Bard makes it easy to work together across even more sources, so you can keep your ideas moving forwards.

Collaborate with Bard on your content in Gmail, Docs and Drive

What: Starting in English, you can enable Bard to interact with information from your Gmail, Docs and Drive so you can find, summarise and answer questions across your personal content. Your Google Workspace data won’t be used to train Bard’s public model and you can disable access to it at any time.
Why: Now, you can collaborate not only with the world’s information, but also with your own, all in one place, with Bard as your creative partner.

Double-check Bard’s responses with Google It v2

What: With the power of Google Search, the [G] button can help you double-check Bard’s AI-generated responses. Starting with English, when a statement can be evaluated, you’ll see it highlighted in Bard’s response and can click to learn more.
Note: The links provided are content found by Search and do not imply these sources informed Bard’s initial response.
Why: People are using AI tools to more easily understand complex topics in new ways. As you continue your learning journeys with Bard, it’s important that you feel more confident in the information generated with AI.

Build off conversations shared with you

What: When someone shares a Bard conversation with you through Bard’s public link sharing feature, you can continue that conversation in your account and build off what they started.
Why: Creativity is often inspired by the work of others, and the more ideas we have to work with, the more likely we are to come up with something truly innovative. That’s why we’re making it easier for you to use conversations shared by others as a starting point for your own creative explorations.

More features are available in all supported languages

What: You can upload images with Google Lens, get Google Search images in responses, and modify Bard’s responses to be simpler, longer, shorter, more professional, or more casual in all supported languages.
Why: Having the option to modify responses to better meet your needs gives you more control over your creative process. Using images as part of prompts unlocks a new level of creativity, and having images as part of responses can help bring ideas to life.

2023.07.13

Bard is available in new places and languages

What: Bard is now available in over 40 new languages including Arabic, Chinese (simplified/traditional), German, Hindi, Spanish and more. We have also expanded access to more places, including all 27 countries in the European Union (EU) and Brazil.
Why: Bard is global and is intended to help you to explore possibilities. Our English, Japanese and Korean support helped us to learn how to launch languages responsibly, enabling us to now support the majority of language coverage on the Internet.

Google Lens in Bard

What: You can upload images alongside text in your conversations with Bard, allowing you to boost your imagination and creativity in completely new ways. To make this happen, we’re bringing the power of Google Lens into Bard, starting with English.
Why: Images are a fundamental part of how we put our imagination to work, so we’ve added Google Lens to Bard. Whether you want more information about an image or need inspiration for a funny caption, you now have even more ways to explore and create with Bard.

Bard can read responses out loud

What: We’re adding text-to-speech capabilities to Bard in over 40 languages, including Hindi, Spanish and US English.
Why: Sometimes hearing something out loud helps you to bring an idea to life in new ways beyond reading it. Listen to responses and see what it helps you to imagine and create!

Pinned and recent threads

What: You can now pick up where you left off with your past Bard conversations and organise them according to your needs. We’ve added the ability to pin conversations, rename them and have multiple conversations going at once.
Why: The best ideas take time, sometimes multiple hours or days to create. Keep your threads and pin your most critical threads to keep your creative process flowing.

Share your Bard conversations with others

What: We’ve made it easier to share part or all of your Bard chat with others. Shareable links make seeing your chat and any sources just a click away so others can seamlessly view what you’ve created with Bard.
Why: Sometimes, it’s hard to hold back a new idea. We wanted to make it easier for you to share your creations to inspire others, unlock your creativity and show your collaborative process.

Modify Bard’s responses

What: We’re introducing five new options to help you modify Bard’s responses. Just tap to make the response simpler, longer, shorter, more professional or more casual.
Why: When a response is close enough but needs a tweak, we’re making it easier to get you closer to your desired creation.

Export Python code to Replit

What: We’re continuing to expand Bard’s export capabilities for code. You can now export Python code to Replit, in addition to Google Colab.
Why: Streamline your workflow and continue your programming tasks by moving Bard interactions into Replit.

2023.07.06

Bard model improvements

What: Learning from your feedback, we’ve improved our core model, starting with English. Bard is now better at generating creative content across a range of topics and use cases, like blog posts, essays, stories, and more.
Why: We’re constantly making Bard better so that it can help supercharge your ideas when you need a little help writing, developing content, or being more productive. Bard won’t always get it right but will keep improving with your feedback.

2023.06.07

Bard codes for you for improved maths and data analysis

What: Starting with English, we’ve updated Bard to detect computational prompts and run code in the background, making Bard better at mathematical tasks, coding questions and string manipulation.
Why: We’re supercharging your ability to analyse data by making Bard better at computation, like finding how many times a certain number shows up in a data set. Bard won’t always get it right but will keep improving with your feedback.

Export Bard-generated tables to Google Sheets

What: When Bard generates tables, you can now export them right into Google Sheets.
Why: Continue your creative explorations wherever you need by moving Bard responses into more of your favourite apps.

2023.06.01

More relevant responses with location info

What: Bard can start providing more relevant responses if you choose to let it use your device’s precise location. You can manage your preferences in location settingsOpens in a new window.
Why: Precise location helps Bard provide more relevant responses about restaurants near you and many other things about your area.

2023.05.23

Bringing images to Bard

What: Starting with English responses, Bard can now bring in images from Google Search, so you can get helpful responses with visuals. You can also ask Bard for images directly. Bard will show a source for each image.
Why: Images can help you communicate your ideas more effectively. They can bring concepts to life, make recommendations more persuasive and enhance responses when you ask for visual information.

2023.05.15

More concise summaries

What: We’ve updated Bard with better summarisation capabilities by incorporating advances that we’ve developed in our large language models.
Why: We’re making Bard better at summarising information, which is especially helpful when you want to get the gist of a topic quickly. Bard won’t always get it right, but will keep improving with your feedback.

Making sources more useful

What: Bard can now help you to identify which parts of a response match a source. For the responses with sources, you’ll see numbers alongside the response. By clicking on the numbers, you’ll now be able to identify the section of the text that matches the source and easily navigate to it.
Why: We want to make it easier for you to understand which parts of a response match a source and provide you with source links in line with the text.

2023.05.10

Expanding access to Bard in more countries and languages

What: You can now collaborate with Bard in Japanese and Korean, in addition to US English. We have also expanded access to Bard in all three languages to over 180 countries and territories.
Why: As we continue to build Bard responsibly with more real-world feedback, we’re gradually expanding access to more languages, countries and regions over time.

Export to Google Docs and Gmail

What: We’ve added new one-click options to export content generated by Bard, including formatting, directly into Google Docs and Gmail.
Why: We want to speed up and simplify your workflow by giving you a way to export Bard’s responses and edit them directly in these Google Workspace apps.

2023.05.05

Access for Google Workspace accounts

What: Google Workspace admins can now enable Bard for their domains, allowing their users to access Bard using their Workspace accounts.
Why: When signed into your administrator-enabled Google Workspace account, you can now use Bard to help with work, research or other business needs.

2023.04.21

Help with coding

What: Bard can now help you code in over 20 programming languages. When Bard generates Python code, you can also export and test the code directly in Google Colab. Try prompting Bard for help with languages like C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, Python, TypeScript and even Google Sheets functions.
Why: People of all levels of programming experience, from beginners to experienced engineers, can use Bard to help with coding, whether it’s by generating and exporting code, debugging code or explaining how code works. Use discretion and carefully test and review all code for errors, bugs and vulnerabilities before relying on it. Learn more

Adding more variety to drafts

What: When you view other drafts, you’ll now see a wider range of options that are more distinct from each other.
Why: A wider range of more distinct drafts can help expand your creative explorations.

2023.04.10

Welcome to Bard’s inaugural experiment update!

Experiment updates page

What: We’ve launched an Experiment updates page to post the latest features, improvements and bug fixes for the Bard experiment.
Why: So that people will have somewhere easy to see the latest Bard updates for them to test and provide feedback on.

There’s more when you click “Google it”

What: We’ve added additional suggested Search topics when people click “Google it”.
Why: People will be able to explore a broader range of interests with more related topics.

Updates to Bard’s capabilities

What: We’ve updated Bard with better capabilities for maths and logic.
Why: Bard doesn’t always get it right with maths and logic prompts and we’re working towards higher-quality responses in these areas.