7 UPDATES TO BARD ANNOUNCED AT GOOGLE I/O

Published By Livemint | 11 May, 2023

Waiting list removed

Google opened up Bard to over 180 countries and territories

New languages support

Bard is now available in Japanese and Korean, and will soon get 40 languages support

Bard moved to PaLM2 language model

This will offer capabilities like advanced math, reasoning skills and coding capabilities

Power of Google Lens right into Bard

Users will be able to include images alongside text in their prompts. Using Google Lens, Bard will analyze the photo, detect the dogs’ breeds, and draft a few creative captions

Coding upgrades

If Bard brings in a block of code or cites other content, Bard will underline those parts of the response and link to the source

Dark theme

Interacting with Bard is a lot easier on eyes, thanks to Dark theme

Export button

Google has integrated the capabilities of Google apps and services - Docs, Drive, Gmail, Maps and others, right into the Bard experience.