100 updates from Google Cloud.
Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-predict">AI.PREDICT…
Conversational analytics now supports questions about <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics#analytic_task_support">market basket analysis</a>. This feature…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_jdbc_driver">Simba JDBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/libraries">Rust SDK for BigQuery</a> is now in <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">Preview</a>.
BigQuery now supports <a href="https://research.google/blog/introducing-tabfm-a-zero-shot-foundation-model-for-tabular-data/">TabFM</a>, Google's pre-trained foundation model for tabular data. TabFM…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/create-pipelines">create, store</a>, and <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/manage-pipelines">manage pipelines</a>…
You can now create an <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/identity-columns">identity column</a>, sometimes referred to as an auto-incrementing column, on a table. You can use…
Using <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/code-asset-folders">folders</a> to <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/create-pipelines">create, store, and manage…
Support for <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/control-genai-costs">configuring daily token quotas</a> for BigQuery generative AI functions has been restored.
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/graph-overview">BigQuery Graph</a> is <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA). BigQuery…
Core graph processing for <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/graph-overview">BigQuery Graph</a> requires an Enterprise or Enterprise Plus edition reservation. Existing allowlisted…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-engineering-agent-pipelines">Data Engineering Agent</a> is now <a…
An Improper Input Validation vulnerability was discovered in the JDBC driver in BigQuery Data Transfer Service versions prior to May 1, 2026. An authenticated attacker could use crafted JDBC…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/user-defined-functions-python#use_logging">view real-time logs</a> for your Python UDFs in Cloud Logging. This feature is <a…
BigQuery <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/tags#data-governance-tags">data governance tags</a> are supported in Terraform. This feature is in <a…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/create-data-agents#monitor_agents_and_conversations">monitor</a> the performance, adoption, latency, and costs of your data agents and…
Starting April 26, 2027, core graph processing for <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/graph-overview">BigQuery Graph</a> will be restricted to the <a…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/sdk/use-gcloud-mcp#available-tools">run_bq_command tool</a> exposes the bq command-line tool within the Cloud CLI remote MCP server. AI agents can now…
The default per-project limit of user-specific <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reservations-assignments#assignment-logic-and-criteria">reservation assignments</a> has been…
Table Explorer behavior has moved to the Reference panel. Table Explorer has been deprecated. For more information, see "Use the Reference panel" in <a…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/query-templates">Query templates</a> for data clean rooms are <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally…
The JDBC driver for BigQuery now supports <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/jdbc-for-bigquery#opentelemetry">OpenTelemetry</a> for tracing and logging, which helps you monitor the…
You can now use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/cross-cloud-connections">cross-cloud connections</a> to query data in AWS, Azure, and Salesforce Data 360 from all BigQuery…
You can audit when users download query results by using the BigQuery console. Data Access audit logs for the tabledata.list method now include a <a…
The BigQuery Data Transfer Service now supports <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/klaviyo-transfer-intro#full_or_incremental_transfers">incremental data transfers</a> when…
You can use the Google-developed <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/odbc-for-bigquery">Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver for BigQuery</a> to connect your applications to…
BigQuery dataset insights is <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA). <a…
You can use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/change-history">APPENDS and CHANGES change history functions</a> to view the rows that were appended to or changed in a table…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_odbc_driver">Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/introduction">Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg</a>: Cross-cloud Lakehouse now supports integration with SAP Business Data Cloud (BDC) in…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/lakehouse/docs/introduction">Lakehouse for Apache Iceberg</a>: Data Products with special characters, such as "/" or "-", are not supported and will not…
BigQuery supports <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/tags#data-governance-tags">data governance tags</a>, which let you enforce column-level security and data masking. Data…
As part of <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/gemini-security-privacy-compliance">Gemini in BigQuery</a>, <a…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics#bigquery-ml-support">Conversational analytics</a> now supports the <a…
A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in repositories in BigQuery, Dataform, and Colab Enterprise. An authenticated attacker could potentially escalate permissions and perform…
Incremental data transfers for the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/salesforce-transfer">BigQuery Data Transfer Service for Salesforce</a> are now <a…
You can use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-bigquery-migration-mcp">BigQuery Migration Service MCP server</a> to perform SQL translation tasks, including translating SQL…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reservations-workload-management#scheduling-policies">Project caps (also known as scheduling policies)</a> let you limit maximum slots and…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#alter_search_index_statement">ALTER SEARCH INDEX DDL statement</a> to <a…
Table partitioning, multi-statement transactions, and advanced runtime are now <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA) for <a…
The BigQuery <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/bigquery-web-ui#open-overview">Overview page</a> is a hub for discovering tutorials, features, and resources to help you get the most…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/data-cloud-extension">The Data Agent Kit extension</a> is an extension for agent coding tools, such as VS Code, Antigravity, and Cursor, that lets you interact…
You can now perform <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/aggregate-function-calls#multi_level_aggregation">multi-level aggregation</a> in GoogleSQL, which lets…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_odbc_driver">Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
For <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/facebook-ads-transfer">data transfers from Facebook Ads</a>, support for the AdInsightsMMM report has been temporarily disabled. Existing data…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_odbc_driver">Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/search_functions#vector_search">VECTOR_SEARCH function</a> to combine a semantic search with a lexical…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics">Conversational analytics</a> in BigQuery is now <a…
You can enable <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/autonomous-embedding-generation">autonomous embedding generation</a> on new or existing tables that you make with the <a…
Table Explorer behavior is moving to the Reference panel. This transition will occur in July 2026 or later. For more information, see <a…
Support for configuring daily token quotas for BigQuery generative AI functions has been temporarily disabled. We are working to restore this feature as soon as possible.
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/generative-ai-overview">BigQuery AI functions</a> can use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/work-with-objectref">ObjectRef…
You can <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-cloud-assist#administer_bigquery">monitor performance, analyze capacity, and optimize costs with Gemini Cloud Assist in…
Support for the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-key-drivers">AI.KEY_DRIVERS function</a> is restored. You can use the AI.KEY_DRIVERS…
BigQuery continuous queries now support the following aggregation functions: • <a…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/control-access-to-resources-iam#deny_access_to_a_resource">IAM deny policies</a> for BigQuery are now <a…
You can now use Gemini Cloud Assist to <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-cloud-assist#schedule_a_query">schedule queries</a>. This feature is in <a…
You can use the Google-developed, open source <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/jdbc-for-bigquery">Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) driver for BigQuery</a> to connect your Java…
You can <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-cloud-assist#analyze-lineage">analyze data lineage with Gemini Cloud Assist in BigQuery</a>. This feature is in <a…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/slots#slot-autoscaling">BigQuery fluid scaling</a>, which provides per-second billing with no minimum duration for autoscaling reservations, is <a…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/remote-functions#create_a_remote_function">Remote functions</a> now support a custom path in the endpoint URL. You can reuse a single Cloud…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_odbc_driver">Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/colab-data-science-agent">Data Science Agent</a> (DSA) for Colab Enterprise and BigQuery is now <a…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-agg">AI.AGG function</a> to semantically aggregate unstructured input data based…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/user-defined-functions-python">Python UDFs</a> are now <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages">Generally…
You can use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-parse-document">AI.PARSE_DOCUMENT function</a> to parse documents such as PDFs. This…
You can manage and version control SQL scripts and notebooks with <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/git-repositories">BigQuery Studio Git repositories</a>, which provide a…
You can now use a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/custom-constraints">custom organization policy</a> to allow or deny specific operations on workload management resources…
You can <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reservations-tasks#prioritize_idle_slots_with_reservation_groups">group reservations</a> together to prioritize idle slot sharing within…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-detect-anomalies">AI.DETECT_ANOMALIES function</a> supports calling the function with a single…
Support for the AI.KEY_DRIVERS function <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages">preview</a> has been temporarily disabled. We are working to restore this feature as soon…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-count-tokens">AI.COUNT_TOKENS function</a> to estimate the token count of text…
Starting June 1, 2026, due to changes in Google Ads data retention policies, the BigQuery Data Transfer Service connectors for <a…
Starting May 7, 2026, new transfer configurations that transfer data from Google Ads using the BigQuery Data Transfer Service will require <a…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/vectorindex_functions#vector_indexstatistics">VECTOR_INDEX.STATISTICS function</a> to calculate how…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/dataform/docs/strict-act-as-mode">Strict act-as mode</a> is enforced globally for all Dataform repositories, requiring the use of a custom service account or…
You can now use the PARTITION BY clause of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create_vector_index_statement">CREATE VECTOR INDEX…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/materialized-views-intro#cdc">create materialized views over active change data capture (CDC) enabled tables</a>. This feature is <a…