Google has rolled out file generation to the Gemini app globally. Ask Gemini to create a budget, a one-pager, or a slide deck, then tap export — the file downloads as a fully-formatted PDF, .docx, .xlsx, .csv, LaTeX, TXT, RTF, Markdown, or as a Google Docs / Sheets / Slides document saved to Drive.
The friction this removes is real. Until now, asking an LLM to draft a document meant copying text into Word, fixing the formatting, rebuilding the table layout, and wrestling list styles back into place. Gemini's new pipeline produces native files with native formatting on the first try, so the round trip from prompt to shareable artifact collapses from minutes to one tap.
Format coverage is the surprise. Most chat-based AI tools have stopped at PDF and Markdown. Gemini supports the full Microsoft Office trio plus Google's own suite plus LaTeX (a clear nod to academic and technical users) plus the lighter formats. That makes it usable as a document factory for a much broader set of workflows: invoices, expense sheets, papers, slide drafts, contracts.
The rollout is global and free for every Gemini user from day one — no Advanced gate. That's a sharp contrast to how Google has historically gated new Gemini features behind paid tiers, and signals Google sees document export as table-stakes for the assistant rather than a premium feature. Combined with Drive integration, it positions Gemini squarely as the generative front-end to Workspace.