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Use Sheets canvas to visualize data in custom, interactive mini-apps

We’re excited to launch Sheets canvas, a new Gemini-powered capability that transforms your spreadsheets into custom, interactive, read-write applications using simple natural language prompts. It acts as a dynamic visualization layered directly on top of your spreadsheet data, allowing you and your team to work in layouts that best fit your workflows. 

Whether you need to coordinate cross-functional deliverables or present core insights from dense data to an executive team, Sheets canvas can deliver the visual tool for the job. Key capabilities include: 

  • End-to-end creation: Build an advanced visualization with a single natural language prompt without requiring coding, formulas, or third-party tools. 
  • Fully read-write: Changes made in the canvas, such as dragging task cards or adding new entries, instantly update your source sheet. Likewise, any updates to the source sheet reflect in your canvas in real time. 
  • Flexible adjustments: Continue to polish and refine your Sheets canvas by prompting Gemini to make edits to layout, design, functionality, and more. 
  • Familiar sharing tools: Because Sheets canvas is built directly inside Google Sheets, it inherits the same sharing settings as your spreadsheet, making it effortless to collaborate in real time. 
For example, if you’re a financial analyst working out of a budget spreadsheet, you can ask Gemini to “Build an interactive dashboard that helps me analyze how different cost drivers impact a quarterly budget.” If you’re an operations lead overseeing logistics, you can simply prompt Gemini to “Create a custom tracker to visualize regional field assignments.” 

Users can build a wide variety of applications with Sheets canvas. Here are just a few examples:


Kanban board: Group tasks by workflow stage, and drag and drop cards to update progress in real time 


Dashboard: Create a financial forecasting model with dynamic scenario planning


Whiteboard: Conduct a virtual brainstorming session with sticky notes 

Note: This feature is currently only available on the web to accounts with language set to English.

Getting started 

Rollout pace 

  • Rapid Release domains: Extended rollout (potentially longer than 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 10, 2026 
  • Scheduled Release domains: Gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on August 31, 2026 

Availability 

  • Business: Business Standard and Plus 
  • Enterprise: Enterprise Standard and Plus 
  • Consumer: Google AI Pro and Ultra Education 
  • Add-ons: Google AI Pro for Education AI Add-ons: AI Expanded Access 
Note: Creating and editing Sheets canvases is subject to per-user usage limits. See the Help Center for more information. 

Resources 


Stable Channel Update for ChromeOS / ChromeOS Flex

M-151, ChromeOS version 16733.48.0 (Browser version 151.0.7922.141) has rolled out to ChromeOS devices on the Stable channel. 

If you find new issues, please let us know one of the following ways:

  1. File a bug

  2. Visit our ChromeOS communities

    1. General: Chromebook Help Community

    2. Beta Specific: ChromeOS Beta Help Community

  3. Report an issue or send feedback on Chrome

  4. Interested in switching channels? Find out how.


Andy Wu

Google ChromeOS

Chrome for Android Update

 Hello Everyone! We've just released Chrome 152 (152.0.7977.42) for Android to a small percentage of users. It'll become available on Google Play over the next few days. You can find more details about early Stable releases here.

This release includes stability and performance improvements. You can see a full list of the changes in the Git log. If you find a new issue, please let us know by filing a bug.

Krishna Govind
Google Chrome

Understanding Wi-Fi technology and device performance

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Understanding Wi-Fi technology and how it was built to support devices is the key to getting the most out of them. Why? Because many of the Wi-Fi enabled devices in your home were built on a Wi-Fi standard, which impacts the Wi-Fi speeds you'll get.

Overview of device impact on Wi-Fi performance

The maximum Wi-Fi speed and connection efficiency of a home network depend directly on the Wi-Fi standards supported by connected devices (smartphones, laptops, gaming consoles, and smart TVs). While high-speed fiber internet delivers multi-gigabit data to the home router, individual devices can only transmit and receive data up to the limits of their internal Wi-Fi hardware.

Definition of a Wi-Fi standard

A Wi-Fi standard is a technical protocol defined by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) that dictates how wireless devices transmit data over radio frequencies. Each successive IEEE standard increases maximum bandwidth, reduces latency, and improves multi-device efficiency:
  • Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac): Supports basic high-speed wireless networking on older client hardware.
  • Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax): Increases efficiency and device capacity on 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz frequency bands.
  • Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax extended): Introduces access to the 6 GHz frequency band for lower network congestion and faster speeds.
  • Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be): Delivers next-generation wireless throughput, higher channel bandwidth, and ultra-low latency.
Matching router capabilities with device standards

To utilize maximum internet speeds and eliminate lag (the response time between your device and the network), router hardware must support the same or higher Wi-Fi standards as the connected devices:
  • Backward Compatibility: Modern routers support legacy devices, but older hardware operating on legacy standards (like Wi-Fi 5) cannot achieve Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 speeds.
  • Hardware Matching: Connecting a Wi-Fi 6 or Wi-Fi 7 smartphone to a matching Wi-Fi 6/7 router unlocks the highest available throughput and lowest network latency.
  • Network Optimization: Upgrading home routers ensures that new hardware operates at peak capability without bottlenecks.
Checking device Wi-Fi speed capabilities

Wi-Fi speeds depend on the technology your devices are able to support. To make things easier, we’ve put together a list of common phones, laptops and gaming consoles along with their Wi-Fi capabilities. Use this chart to check which Wi-Fi technology your devices are built with so you can make the most out of them. Check out the comprehensive list here.