Genie Agents enhancements

UpdateSep 3, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

- SQL function descriptions : When a SQL function is attached as a tool, you can now view the function's description. See How does Genie use SQL functions? . Upgraded chat-mode models : Genie Agents chat mode now uses upgraded large language models.

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More AI/BI and Genie releases

AI/BI and GenieSep 3, 2026

Dashboard enhancements and bug fixes

- Embedded dashboard filter APIs : In embedded dashboards, you can now set and retrieve filter values through APIs. See Control dashboard filters programmatically . Ranked table calculations in /importBI : Importing reports from Power BI and Tableau with the /importBI Genie Code command now includes ranked table calculations.

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AI/BI and GenieSep 3, 2026

Genie One enhancements

- Ask Genie button hidden when unsupported : In embedded dashboards, the Ask Genie button is now hidden when it isn't supported. See Ask Genie in embedded dashboards . Push notifications for scheduled tasks (Public Preview) : The Genie mobile app can now send push notifications for scheduled tasks to iOS devices. See Push notifications .

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AI/BI and GenieSep 3, 2026

Web search in Genie One (Beta)

Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent releases, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One decides when to search and cites the sources it uses, showing each as a link you can open. See Search the web .

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AI/BI and GenieSep 1, 2026

Genie Code scheduled tasks will soon be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled

Genie Code scheduled tasks will be available by default for workspaces with the compliance security profile enabled in October 2026. You can schedule Genie Code to run a prompt on a recurring schedule.

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AI/BI and GenieSep 1, 2026

Genie One web search is in Beta

Genie One can now search the public web to answer questions that need current information, such as recent release notes, third-party documentation, or news. Genie One cites the external sources it uses as links in its response. See Search the web .

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AI/BI and GenieSep 1, 2026

Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks

Genie One and Genie Agents can now use models served through OpenAI on Databricks when partner-powered AI features are enabled. For the hosting provider used by each feature, see Hosting provider used when partner-powered AI features setting is enabled and disabled .

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AI/BI and GenieSep 1, 2026

Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available

Genie Code scheduled tasks are now generally available. You can schedule Genie Code to run a prompt on a recurring schedule. Each run executes your prompt as a full Genie Code session and produces a continuable Genie chat with the results, so you can turn recurring analysis and other work into an unattended background task.

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AI/BI and GenieSep 9, 2026

Genie Code adds conversation controls

Genie Code now includes conversation controls that let you branch and revise a chat. You can fork a conversation into a new, independent thread from a point you choose, ask a quick side question with /btw without adding it to the thread, and edit an earlier message to regenerate the conversation from that point. See Branch and edit chats .

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Google Cloud BigQuerySep 3, 2026

Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis

Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis . This feature is generally available (GA).

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Snowflake Snowflake Horizon CatalogSep 3, 2026

External lineage (General availability)

External lineage is now generally available and is no longer in Preview .

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Snowflake Snowflake Cortex AISep 3, 2026

Restricted Session Scope for agents (General availability)

With this release, Restricted Session Scope (RSS) is generally available. An RSS is a privilege ceiling that limits what an agent can do on behalf of a user. It intersects with RBAC and never grants privileges the user doesn't already have through their roles.

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Google Cloud Gemini EnterpriseSep 3, 2026

Gemini Enterprise: Latency and error rate views for agents

To monitor operational telemetry for your agents, use the two new views on the Observability tab: Latency: Shows response times for your agents. This view displays p50 (median) and p95 (95th percentile) metrics for Time to First Token (TTFT), Time to First Answer (TTFA), and Time to Last Token (TTLT).

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Google Cloud Gemini EnterpriseSep 3, 2026

Gemini Enterprise: General availability of Workflow Builder (formerly Agent Designer)

Workflow Builder (formerly known as Agent Designer) is generally available (GA) in Gemini Enterprise. Workflow Builder enables users across your organization to build multi-step automated workflows to streamline tasks and connect to enterprise data.

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Google Cloud Gemini APISep 3, 2026

Lyria 3.5 generally available (GA)

Released the next generation of Google's music generation model: lyria-3.5: Full-length song generation with improved musical coherence, natural vocals, and fine-grained duration and structural control. The model supports text and image inputs and generates high-fidelity 44.1 kHz stereo audio. See the Music generation guide for details and code samples.

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