The Semantic Search feature is now generally available

GASep 4, 2026VerifiedAdded Sep 22, 2026

The Semantic Search feature is now generally available. Looker (original) only changes

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LookerSep 4, 2026

Looker 26.16

will roll out to Looker (original) instances on the following schedule: Expected deployment start: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Expected final deployment and download available: Sunday, September 20, 2026 Looker 26.16 is expected to include the following changes, features, and fixes.

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LookerSep 4, 2026

Now available in preview, the Admin Assistant helps you use natural language to manage Looker roles

Now available in preview, the Admin Assistant helps you use natural language to manage Looker roles.

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LookerSep 2, 2026

OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027

OpenJDK 11 will no longer be supported as of January 14, 2027 . Customer-hosted instances must upgrade to OpenJDK 21 .

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LookerAug 31, 2026

Looker EU localized processing extends to all Conversational Analytics agents

Localized data processing for EU-based customers now covers all Conversational Analytics data agents, including those tied to Explores, user-defined dashboards and LookML dashboards.

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LookerAug 31, 2026

Looker Mobile (Legacy) app is discontinued

The legacy app is no longer downloadable and support has ended, though installed copies still work; the deprecation was postponed to January 31, 2027. Google recommends the non-legacy Looker mobile app.

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LookerSep 9, 2026

The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027

The deprecation of the Looker Mobile (Legacy) application has been postponed to January 31, 2027. Starting on January 31, 2027, support for the Looker Mobile (Legacy) app will be discontinued and the app will be unavailable for download from the App Store or Play Store.

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LookerSep 10, 2026

Looker extension for VS Code is generally available with MCP support

The extension enables local LookML development and AI-assisted coding via MCP, and adds an onboarding walkthrough, workspaces from bare repositories, better Git and Development Mode sync, OAuth for the Kiro IDE and more secure secret storage.

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LookerAug 28, 2026

Looker 26.14 features auto-enable on Looker (original), August 24 to 26, 2026

A set of features will be automatically enabled for Looker (original) instances running Looker 26.14 between August 24 and August 26, 2026.

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Snowflake SnowflakeSep 4, 2026

SAS to Snowflake migration (Preview)

The Snowflake AIM Agent for Data Warehouses now supports migrating SAS workloads to Snowflake. This capability covers AI-assisted assessment of SAS codebases and AI-based code conversion of SAS programs to Snowflake SQL, including loading SAS dataset files ( .sas7bdat ) into Snowflake tables.

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GitHub GitHub CopilotSep 4, 2026

GitHub Copilot weekly releases , August 31

This week, GitHub Copilot expands model choice and content protections, while VS Code adds new ways to manage agent sessions and get pull requests merge-ready. GitHub Copilot, general Claude Fable 5.1 is available to Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users. Gemini 3.8 Flash is rolling out to Copilot Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise users.

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GitHub GitHub CopilotSep 4, 2026

GPT-6 Astra is generally available in GitHub Copilot

GPT-6 Astra from OpenAI is now available in GitHub Copilot. OpenAI’s latest general-purpose model, GPT-6 Astra, is designed for long-horizon, autonomous coding and agentic tasks.

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Snowflake SnowflakeSep 4, 2026

Prompt injection guardrails now available in AWS_EU, AWS_JP, and AWS_APJ

Prompt injection guardrails in Cortex AI Guardrails are now available when the CORTEX_ENABLED_CROSS_REGION account parameter is set to AWS_EU , AWS_JP , or AWS_APJ . Previously, prompt injection guardrails required ANY_REGION , AWS_US , or AWS_GLOBAL .

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Databricks Agent Bricks and Mosaic AISep 4, 2026

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now available on Unity Gateway

OpenAI GPT-6 Astra is now available on Unity Gateway for enterprise reasoning, structured document processing, coding, agentic search, multimodal inputs, and long-context workloads. You can access this model using Foundation Model APIs pay-per-token . Customers are responsible for ensuring their compliance with applicable terms .

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Datadog DatadogSep 4, 2026

Stop runtime threats with Workload Protection response actions

When a runtime threat appears, every step costs time. Datadog Workload Protection can now kill processes and isolate workloads with automated and manual response actions.

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