Google is launching a new AI tool called Canvas on Gemini, a “collaborative workspace” allowing to generate and modify documents or code in real time, in an interactive manner.
Determined to catch up with Openai and its famous Chatgpt, Google puts the package on artificial intelligence with Gemini. Like all the big tech players, the American giant has also put the turbo in recent years to enrich and decline its AI in all forms by gradually integrating it into all its services: in Google Messages, in Google Maps, in Gmail, in Chrome, in Translation
And the least we can say is that, this week, Google’s announcements around Gemini are linked at a frantic pace, so much so that we no longer know where to give the head! After announcing an update of its Gemma 3 language model, the replacement of Google Assistant by Gemini, the edition of photos within the latter, the Mountain View firm unveils Canvas, an interactive space dedicated to collaboration on documents and integrated code directly in Gemini – not to be confused with the famous Canva graphic creation tool. A way to respond to the “canvas” function of Chatgpt, its great competitor, and to strengthen the attractiveness of its new virtual assistant in the face of other major actors like Openai with Chatgpt and Mistral with the cat.
Canvas on Gemini: real -time changes
Google presents Canvas as “A new interactive space within Gemini, designed to facilitate the creation, refining and sharing of your work”. It is a mode that allows you to create and edit documents or code by seeing real -time changes in real time without leaving the assistant’s interface. The interest of this function lies in real -time collaboration with Gemini, which intervenes directly in the publishing process. For example, the user can highlight a paragraph and ask the AI to modify it, by changing tone, by shortening it, varying the formatting, etc. He can then export the document created on Gemini to Google Docs. It’s very simple!
Canvas is also very practical for code. Indeed, if Gemini was already able to generate code and understand programming tasks, this new function allows you to visualize the result in real time through a “Preview” button. For example, the user can create a subscription form, then ask Gemini to generate the HTML code and view the result. Any modification is immediately applied in the overview. This should make it possible to simplify and speed up development! Another advantage: Canvas allows for explanations on specific points
By asking Gemini to details on this or that end of code. A point that should particularly interest programming students!
To access Canvas, simply press the button of the same name in the Gemini entry bar. The function is already being deployed for free Gemini subscribers and Gemini Advanced, with all the languages supported by the chatbot. In parallel, Google Lance Audio Overview, a tool that converts documents into audio files. These new features are all the more appreciable as a Google account is no longer necessary to use AI. Anyone can enjoy it!