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Developer’s Guide to Building ADK Agents with Skills

The Agent Development Kit (ADK) SkillToolset introduces a "progressive disclosure" architecture that allows AI agents to load domain expertise on demand, reducing token usage by up to 90% compared to traditional monolithic prompts. Through four distinct patterns—ranging from simple inline checklists to "skill factories" where agents write their own code—the system enables agents to dynamically expand their capabilities at runtime using the universal agentskills.io specification. This modular approach ensures that complex instructions and external resources are only accessed when relevant, creating a scalable and self-extending framework for modern AI development.

Form creation with Gemini and more now available in more languages

Last year, we announced Help me create in Google Forms and then expanded access to the feature to seven more languages.

Help me create in Google Forms drafts your questions 3x faster than doing it manually.*

Now, this feature is also available to users in 21 more languages including Arabic, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Mandarin, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese.

You can use Help me create to enter a prompt that describes the form you want to create or a prompt that references supporting Docs, Sheets, Slides, or PDFs. Gemini will then generate a draft form, incorporating details from any files you reference, that can be used instantly or further customized.

Last year, we also announced Gemini-powered question suggestions. Now, this feature is also available to users in 28 more languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, and German.

*Note: The time savings for the feature are calculated from a randomized experiment of real users using Google Forms.

Getting started

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus, Teaching & Learning, Google AI Pro for Education
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra

Resources

Generate beautiful and editable slides with ease in Google Slides

Slide generation just got a major upgrade. Gemini can now create fully editable, brand-matched slides using dynamic layouts tailored to your specific content. To ensure visual consistency, Gemini securely analyzes your existing deck to generate designs that fit your established style. You can also manually reference specific files for content or style or allow Gemini to automatically surface relevant files from your Google Drive. In addition, users can now edit existing Slides to change layouts and design elements or content. Just click “Create” or “Enhance this slide” to get started.

You can still beautify your slide as an image as well, but that option is now only available from the Slide menu.

At launch, this feature will be supported in English and several additional languages.

Getting started

  • Admins: There is no admin control for this feature. Visit the Help Center to learn more.
  • End users: Visit the Help Center to learn more about generating slides with Gemini.

Rollout pace

Availability

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • AI Add-ons: AI Ultra Access; AI Expanded Access; Google AI Pro for Education
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
Note: This feature will be supported for English and international languages

Resources

Chrome Beta for Desktop Update

The Beta channel has been updated to 147.0.7727.49 for Windows, Mac and Linux.

A partial list of changes is available in the Git log. Interested in switching release channels? Find out how. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug. The community help forum is also a great place to reach out for help or learn about common issues.

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