Docs gets a design desk — and a comment handler.
On July 28, 2026, Google shipped two Gemini upgrades to Google Docs at once. The first turns Docs into a place that can make its own visuals — images, diagrams, infographics — built from what your document actually says. The second points Gemini at the messiest part of collaboration: the comment thread. Both are rolling out now. Here's what each one does, the prompts to try, and the fine print on who sees it when.
01 Two upgrades, one minute
| Feature | What it does | Where you'll find it |
|---|---|---|
| Visual generation | Creates and edits images, diagrams, and infographics using your document's context — no external design tool | Bottom bar or Gemini side panel in Docs — web only for now |
| Comment workflows | Summarizes and answers questions about comments, adds comments for you, drafts replies, and suggests edits based on feedback | Bottom bar or side panel — requires edit access on the doc |
02 Visuals that know what your doc says
The point isn't that Docs can generate an image — plenty of tools do that. It's that the visuals are grounded in your document. Ask for “a diagram providing an overview of the proposal at the top of my doc” and Gemini reads the proposal to build it. Existing visuals can be refined in plain language, and you can update several at once — add an infographic to each key section, or restyle every visual to match.
Prompts to try this week
- “Create a rich infographic visually summarizing my doc” — the fastest way to see what it can do
- “Add a diagram providing an overview of the proposal at the top of my doc”
- “Change the aspect ratio to 16:9” — refinement is natural language too
- “Make the style more aesthetic to match the rest of the document”
- “Add an infographic to each key section” — batch creation in one ask
03 Gemini works the comment thread
Comment workflows aim at the doc that comes back from review with forty comments. Gemini can now read and act on all of them: summarize what reviewers said, tell you which issues are still unresolved, draft replies grounded in the document, leave comments on your behalf, and — the strongest part — generate suggested edits that address a reviewer's feedback, which you approve before they touch the text. You may also see proactive nudges: a summary offer when you open a heavily commented doc, or a drafted reply when you click into a thread.
The comment prompts worth stealing
- “Summarize all comments from Sarah” — one reviewer's feedback, digested
- “Based on the comments, what are the unresolved issues?” — your pre-meeting triage
- “Reply to the thread confirming that we're approved to launch on April 1”
- “Add a comment asking Roberta to verify the stats in the launch readiness section”
- “Rewrite the introduction to address Roberta's feedback” — produces suggested edits you review and apply
04 Who gets it
Work: Business Standard and Plus, Enterprise Standard and Plus. School: Education Plus and certain education add-ons. Personal: Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Basic/Starter Workspace tiers and free personal accounts aren't on the July 28 list — for what each Google plan includes, see what Gemini costs.
Zoom out and the direction is clear: Google is making Docs a place where Gemini doesn't just write — it illustrates the doc and manages the review cycle around it. If your team lives in Docs, these two features cover a real slice of the daily grind. Our Docs mastery lesson covers the full Gemini-in-Docs toolkit these land in.