Bard Chatbot Now Integrates with All Google Apps and Services

Bard is now integrated with all Google apps and services (photo: Google)

JAKARTA - Google announced that its AI chatbot, Bard, is now integrated with all Google applications and services to provide more useful responses, and improve other features.

"Today we launched Bard Extensions in English, a new way to interact and collaborate with Bard," wrote Yury Pinsky, Director, Product Management, Bard on the official Google blog.

With this new Extension, Bard can find and display relevant information from the Google tools you use like Gmail, Docs, Drive, Google Maps, YouTube, and Google Flights and hotels.

For example, when you plan a trip to Singapore. So, now you can ask Bard to choose a suitable date via Gmail, search for flight and hotel schedules in real-time, and see directions and modes of transportation from Gmaps.

In fact, Pinsky adds that you'll be able to watch YouTube videos about what kinds of things you can do there. All those answers will be available in one conversation.

Additionally, starting today with responses in English, you can use the “Google it” button in Bard to more easily double-check the answers.

When a statement can be evaluated, you can click on the highlighted phrase and learn more about the supporting or conflicting information found by Search.

Furthermore, Google also makes it easier to continue other people's conversations with Bard. So, when someone shares a Bard chat with you via a public link, you can continue the conversation and ask Bard additional questions about the topic.

Finally, Google is also expanding access to existing English language features — such as the ability to upload images with Lens, get Search images as responses, and change Bard responses — to more than 40 languages.