Creating a standout presentation takes time, especially when you’re starting from scratch. At least that’s how it used to be before Gemini. Gemini in Google Slides can turn a good idea into a great slide deck in a fraction of the time. In this deep dive, we’ll explore the newest Gemini-enabled features in Slides that boost creativity, streamline collaboration, and help you confidently present your best work.
What can Gemini help you do in Google Slides?
Gemini AI brings a new level of creativity to presentation building. It’s like having a graphic designer and copywriter at your side, helping you bring your vision to life. Here are just a few ways Gemini in Slides can elevate your work:
- Generate compelling text and custom visuals from a simple prompt
- Suggest layouts, headlines, and design elements based on your topic
- Instantly summarize content to create concise, impactful slides
- Edit image backgrounds to fit your message or audience
- Personalize slides for specific clients, industries, or use cases
- Enhance your presentation with video messages, voiceover and animation
- Convert your deck into a shareable video you can use when and where you need it
Let’s take a closer look at some of the most powerful features in action.
Generate compelling text and custom visuals
Need to bring your ideas to life quickly? With Gemini in Google Slides, you can jumpstart your presentation with text and images generated from a simple prompt. Whether you’re outlining key points, turning bullet lists into engaging content, or creating visuals to support your message, Gemini helps transform your ideas into polished slides in seconds.
Example Prompt:
Generate a title slide for a year-end business review with a professional, data-driven look.
Suggest layouts, headlines, and design elements
Not sure where to begin? The redesigned right-side panel in Slides brings all your tools into one place. With Gemini built in and easy access to templates, images, and design elements, you can quickly turn ideas into polished, cohesive presentations tailored to your topic.
What’s included:
- Templates: Modern designs to jumpstart your presentation
- Image generation: Describe what you want and Gemini will create it
- Stock images & stickers: Access millions of images, GIFs, and stickers
- Building blocks: Drop in preformatted content like agendas, stats, and quotes
- Speaker spotlight: Add your video feed directly into your slides
- Slide recordings: Record and share presentations on your own time
Gemini in Google Slides saves you time by giving you the design tools and inspiration you need right in the sidebar.
Summarize content to create concise, impactful slides
Gemini can help you distill long documents, transcripts, or talking points into effective slide content. Whether you’re summarizing a meeting, a research paper, or a training session, Gemini makes it easy to get to the point fast.
Example Prompt:
Summarize this customer feedback doc and highlight top 3 pain points.
Edit image backgrounds to fit your message
One of the most powerful updates to Google Slides is the ability to edit and expand images using generative AI. With Gemini, you can effortlessly customize image backgrounds to better align visuals with your message.
Need a new visual for a product demo? Want that headshot to match the tone of your client presentation? Now, it’s as easy as typing a prompt. No need to switch applications.
Simply select an image, click the “Generate an image” icon in the side panel, choose “Edit” > “Replace background,” and describe what you want to see.
You can also expand images beyond their original size without distortion. Perfect for when you need to reframe a photo or scale up a graphic for visual impact.
Personalize slides for clients and case-specific use
Easily tailor presentations by changing text and visualsto match your client’s industry, location, or goals. Gemini can transform a generic case study into something that feels customized and relevant. This allows you to reuse existing work without spending time on a manual redesign.
Example Prompt:
Adapt this slide to feature a banking client headquartered in Chicago.
Enhance with video messages, voiceover, and animation
Slides now supports recorded presentations, letting you easily record yourself and share your message directly in your slide deck. This is perfect for:
- Webinars
- Employee onboarding/training
- Sales walkthroughs
Add color and personalization to your presentation with video recordings spotlighted throughout.
Convert your deck into sharable video
You can now convert your slide decks into polished, shareable videos using Google Vids. With the new “Import Slides” feature, you can:
- Select the Slides you want to turn into video scenes
- Automatically generate animations and visual effects
- Add AI-generated voiceover
- Generate AI video clips with text-to-scene
Perfect for training materials or repurposing internal decks for external audiences.
Smarter, smoother collaboration
Google has thought about all of the fine details that make or break a team presentation and incorporated them into Google Slides. Together, these features make remote presenting more seamless and collaborative.
Live pointers
See where your collaborators are pointing, whether it’s highlighting text or visuals or conducting a live session. This feature makes remote collaboration feel more like being in the same room.
Co-present in Meet
When you’re presenting as a team, you can assign a co-presenter who can navigate slides, control media, and fully participate. Co-presenting eliminates awkward handoffs or “next slide, please” moments.
Gemini makes slide creation feel effortless
Presenting might still give you a few nerves but building your slide deck doesn’t have to. Gemini in Google Slides doesn’t just help you move faster, it helps you think bigger. From content creation to customization to video storytelling, you’ll find yourself building decks with less effort and more creativity.
Whether you’re building a pitch deck, training your team, or sharing product updates, you bring the ideas and Gemini will bring them to life.
Next up in this series, we’ll take a deep dive into using Gemini in Forms. Stay tuned!
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