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Streamline collaboration in Google Docs with Gemini-powered comment workflows

We’re introducing Gemini-powered comment workflows in Google Docs to help you quickly understand and respond to collaborator feedback. These new features enable Gemini to read, summarize, and act on comments throughout your document, saving you time and streamlining collaboration.

  • Synthesize and Q&A comments: Ask Gemini to summarize comment threads, extract key themes, or identify unresolved issues blocking your project. For example, you can say "Summarize all comments from Sarah" or "Based on the comments, what are the unresolved issues?"
  • Add new comments: Ask Gemini to insert comments on your behalf, such as "Add a comment asking Roberta to verify the stats in the launch readiness section" or "Review this blog post as a copy editor, leaving comments focused on clarity and narrative flow."
  • Draft contextually grounded replies: Quickly respond to open comment threads with drafts generated by Gemini. For example, "Reply to the thread confirming that we’re approved to launch on April 1" or "Respond to Sarah’s question with a link to the latest CSAT deck from my Drive."
  • Suggest document edits: Ask Gemini to suggest updates to document content based on reviewer feedback, such as "Rewrite the introduction to address Roberta’s feedback." Gemini will generate suggested edits for you to review, approve, and seamlessly apply to your document.
You can access these capabilities by submitting queries from the bottom bar or the Gemini side panel in Google Docs. In addition, you may see proactive nudges to summarize comments when opening a new document or automatically generate a reply when clicking into an existing comment thread.


Note: Gemini-powered comment workflows are currently only available for Google Docs users with edit access.

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  • Business: Business Standard and Plus
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus
  • Education: Education Plus
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra
  • Education Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education, Teaching and Learning
  • Other Add-ons: AI Expanded Access

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Passkey authentication requirement for the Google Ads API

As part of improving security for Google Ads accounts, the Google Ads API will start requiring passkeys for Google Ads API users. This is part of a broader change in Google Ads that requires passkeys to authorize sensitive actions in your Google Ads account. These important security updates will start rolling out from August 5, 2026, and will be enabled for all users over the next few weeks.

What is changing?

Once this change goes live, users following the user authentication workflow to generate new OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens for Google Ads API will always be required to authenticate using a passkey. If you haven't created a passkey, you will be asked to create one, and use it to complete the authentication workflow. Other forms of authentication that use password alone, or 2-factor authentication (2FA) mechanisms such as Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) or SMS-based codes will be disallowed.

What action do I need to take?

You may be affected by this change, depending on the authentication workflow that your application uses.

  • Service account workflow: Service account workflows are not affected by this change, so no action is required. We strongly recommend using service account workflow for applications that require automated or offline workflows.
  • User authentication workflow: If your app generates OAuth 2.0 refresh tokens for users, you will be affected as follows:
    • Existing OAuth refresh tokens are not affected by this change. They will continue to work as usual, and you won’t be prompted for reauthorization when obtaining OAuth access tokens.
    • New users will be challenged to authorize with a passkey. A 7-day security delay may apply before a new passkey becomes trusted and operational. To ensure it’s ready for use when you need it, create your passkey at your earliest convenience.

To set up a passkey,

  • Go to g.co/passkeys.
  • Click Create a Passkey to sign in to the Security Key Manager.
  • Create a passkey by following the steps provided by your device.

What other platforms are affected by this change?

Google products that use Google Ads API, such as Google Ads Editor, Google Ads scripts, BigQuery Data Transfer Service or Data Studio to manage Google Ads will also start requiring a passkey-based authentication. If you don’t have passkeys enabled, you will be prompted to add one.

To learn more about how to set up passkeys, visit the Help Center. If you encounter issues, you can contact support.

For any questions or further discussion regarding this update, please connect with us on the "Google Advertising and Measurement Community" Discord server.

 - , Google Ads API Team