Raphael Barini (he/him)

North America, Customer Engineering, Google Workspace and Google Cloud. Husband, father, geek. “The opinions stated here are my own, not those of my company.”

[Casa Carrillo Cigars @CasaCarrilloCig]

Which would you smoke today?

[Thomas Kurian @ThomasOrTK]

Today at the Google Cloud Public Sector Summit, we announced Gemini for government services, a purpose-built industry solution built around five core architectural components:
✔️Skills for Government Work: Reusable instructions and context, written by domain experts, that teach Gemini to run specific tasks while directly applying governing statutes and agency standard operating procedures.
✔️Open Access to Systems: Secure connectors link Gemini directly to core agency databases and applications—including @salesforce, @Oracle, and @ServiceNow—as well as authoritative federal sources like the Federal Register and eCFR.
✔️Partner Agent Integrations: Built-in capabilities from public sector software providers that agencies can deploy right away to handle complex operations like public records discovery and batch redaction under a central control plane.
✔️Governed Control Plane: A single, secure environment for compliance teams to set and enforce strict policies using VPC Service Controls, CMEK, and Assured Workloads.
✔️Model Choice Flexibility: It orchestrates across multiple models to deliver optimal quality and lower agency costs—routing high-volume document parsing and routine records sweeps to fast, low-cost models, while reserving high-reasoning models for complex policy analysis.

[Android @Android]

"Nothing is just decoration. Everything carries meaning." ~ Angeline Kong 🌸 Android brought the centuries-old craft of Peranakan beadwork together with the world of racing—and the result is Oscar Piastri's stunning custom Singapore Grand Prix helmet 🏁 Go behind the design with the artists who made it and discover the meaning woven into every motif 🧑‍🤝‍🧑

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Great to be with 700+ @googlecloud customers at the historic NASA Hangar One for Gemini at Work!

Today, we introduced the new Gemini agent, a single, universal agent for work that has all of your business context and answers your questions, handles your knowledge work, creates your images and media, and writes and runs code - all from a single prompt box. It is connected to your personal workflows, your systems of record, and your enterprise controls.

It’s built around a few core architectural principles:

Unified Agent: Gemini can answer questions, do knowledge work and generate code from a single prompt box.

Access: Gemini is web-based and can be accessed from any device and integrated into third-party applications. It can also operate without a dedicated user interface.

Persistent Execution: It runs in the cloud, which means it maintains a single set of memories, context and one personalization graph no matter where you access it.

Multi-Agent Orchestration: Gemini can create sub-agents to tackle multi-step tasks and can also act as a coworker agent with a defined role and its own dedicated identity

Context: Gemini knows your tools, data, and work history and learns how you work the more you use it.
Model Choice Flexibility: It orchestrates across multiple models to deliver optimal quality and lower your costs.

Read more in our blog: https://t.co/bd1ekBR74Q

[Thomas Kurian @ThomasOrTK]

Today at Google Cloud’s Gemini at Work event, we announced Gemini, a new single universal agent for work that has all of your business context and can be used for everything from knowledge work to answering questions, and content creation to coding, all from a single prompt box.

It’s built around core architectural principles:
☑️ Unified Agent: Gemini can answer questions, do knowledge work and generate code from a single prompt box.
☑️Access: Gemini is web-based and can be accessed from any device and integrated into third-party applications. It can also operate without a dedicated user interface.
☑️Persistent Execution: It runs in the cloud, which means it maintains a single set of memories, context and one personalization graph no matter where you access it.
☑️Multi-Agent Orchestration: Gemini can create sub-agents to tackle multi-step tasks and can also act as a coworker agent with a defined role and its own dedicated identity
☑️Context: Gemini knows your tools, data, and work history and learns how you work the more you use it.
☑️Model Choice Flexibility: It orchestrates across multiple models to deliver optimal quality and lower your costs.

[Sameer Samat @ssamat]

It was great catching up with Henry Cavill at the Googlebook Opening Night in NYC!

Beyond being a fantastic actor, anyone who knows Henry knows he is a massive tech enthusiast and gamer. And he’s a long-time Android user, too! So when we started talking about what’s possible with Googlebook, a premium laptop for the Android community, we immediately hit it off.

That’s why I’m so excited about our new partnership. Henry is teaming up with us to explore the potential of this new platform by building his personal passion projects using Googlebook. Having his unique perspective as both a builder and a player is going to be super helpful as we push the limits of what these machines can do. I can't wait to see what he creates!

Huge thanks to everyone who made last night’s event in New York such a memorable milestone for Googlebook.

[Google Workspace @GoogleWorkspace]

Wrote a detailed brief in Docs, but leadership wants a slide deck by EOD? 😅

Just prompt Gemini in Google Docs to convert your brief into an on-brand presentation deck grounded in your work files, emails, and chats, with key milestones and formatting incorporated automatically.

See how → https://t.co/Q7WWEb6goT

[Google Workspace @GoogleWorkspace]

Driving agentic change isn't just about tech — it's about people. VP of Workspace Sales Pat McCarthy unpacks the four key stakeholder personas & shares how to align your organization for AI success. → https://t.co/ucLYJPnjPv

[Google Workspace @GoogleWorkspace]

⏩ Less busywork, more momentum. Google’s productivity advisor, Laura Mae Martin, shares how Workspace Studio and Gemini can help lighten your load. → https://t.co/lwuQWp2ZZ3

[Nano Banana 2.1 @NanoBanana]

Nano Banana 2.1 is here!

This upgraded version outperforms our previous models across the board, with notable leaps in:

- visual design
- mask-based editing
- subject consistency
- more natural-looking imagery

Try it now in @GeminiApp, @GoogleAIStudio, and more.

[Google Flow @FlowbyGoogle]

Starting today, Nano Banana 2.1 is available in Google Flow.

With this update, you’ll find improved visual quality and subject consistency for both generation and editing tasks. You can still access Nano Banana Pro and Nano Banana 2 Lite in Google Flow.

Give it a try on your next project and let us know how your workflows feel!

[Raphael Barini (he/him) @raphaelbarini]

AG1 has honestly been a game changer. It’s the one thing I take every morning that covers my bases. If you’re curious to try it, you’ll also get a year’s supply of Vitamin D3+K2, 6 travel packs, and $15 off your first order 🙂 https://t.co/55Cq16X2yc

[Android @Android]

The wait is over.
Googlebook has arrived. Get yours now.

[Google @Google]

Today we’re introducing Gemini 4 Argon.

It delivers frontier performance in complex workflows across real-world software engineering, knowledge work, and cybersecurity defense with an industry-leading 1M token output limit.

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

Introducing Gemini 4 Argon – our new frontier model.

It’s built for complex workflows across coding, enterprise knowledge work, and cybersecurity defense – rolling out today to a set of trusted testers through our Fairwind Program.

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Lots of discussion out there about our next model(!), so I wanted to give an early look as soon as possible. Introducing Gemini 4 Argon!

It shows frontier performance in complex workflows, cyber defense and software engineering. Teams are using it extensively at Google, from coding to quantum computing, great feedback.

Here’s a look at the benchmarks:

[Google Gemini @GeminiApp]

Skip the repetitive prompting and jump straight to the results with skills in Gemini.

Skills are saved sets of instructions for specific tasks that you do time and time again. Think of a skill like a shortcut, ready whenever you need it. 🧵

[Android @Android]

Our team has been partnering with actor, producer, and longtime Android user Henry Cavill to put Googlebook to the test. Stay tuned this November to find out what he's been creating 👀

Learn more: https://t.co/VSfYaJDxsi

[Tesla @Tesla]

.@Grok in your Tesla can now do meaningful work for you

With Connectors, you can manage your inbox, clean up your calendar, or talk through existing files/chat/tasks – all hands-free

[Sundar Pichai @sundarpichai]

Feeling good about this one:)