39 updates from Google Cloud.
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/data-definition-language#create_connection_statement">CREATE CONNECTION</a>, <a…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/migration/snowflake-migration-intro">BigQuery Migration Service supports SQL translations from Snowflake SQL to GoogleSQL</a>. This feature is…
You can set the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/search-index#column-granularity">column granularity</a> when you <a…
BigQuery <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/work-with-objectref">ObjectRef values</a> now support the following: • You can run <a…
The following forecasting and anomaly detection functions and updates are <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA): • The <a…
You can now create BigQuery <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/materialized-views-create#spanner">non-incremental materialized views over Spanner data</a> to improve query…
You can now create BigQuery <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/materialized-views-create#spanner">non-incremental materialized views over Spanner data</a> to improve query…
The following forecasting and anomaly detection functions and updates are <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA): • The <a…
You can now use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/export-to-spanner#export_using_a_cloud_resource_connection">Cloud resource connections with EXPORT DATA statements</a> to reverse…
In BigQuery Data Transfer Service, you can <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/hdfs-data-lake-transfer#monitor-transfer-status">monitor resource-level status reporting for Hive…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/overview">Gemini for Google Cloud API</a> (cloudaicompanion.googleapis.com) is now enabled for existing BigQuery projects in the European…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/use-bigquery-migration-mcp">BigQuery Migration Service MCP server</a> to perform SQL translation tasks, including translating…
You can use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/migration-assessment">BigQuery migration assessment for Snowflake</a> to assess the complexity of migrating from Snowflake to…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/datatransfer/mcp">BigQuery Data Transfer Service remote MCP server</a> to enable AI agents to create, manage, and…
The following functions are now <a href="https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages">generally available</a> (GA): • <a…
You can now use a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reservation-custom-constraints">custom organization policy</a> to allow or deny specific operations on routines. This feature is…
In BigQuery ML, you can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-create-remote-model-open#automatically_deployed_models">automatically…
BigQuery now lets you configure a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/default-configuration#global-settings">global default location</a>. This setting is used if the location isn't…
<a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/advanced-runtime">BigQuery advanced runtime</a> is now enabled as the default runtime for all projects.
You can now understand and debug BigQuery query performance with a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/query-plan-explanation#query_text_heatmap">visual mapping of your SQL query in…
Updates to <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/conversational-analytics">conversational analytics</a> include the following improvements: • ObjectRef support: BigQuery…
You can now use the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/pipeline-connection-page">Pipelines & Connections page</a> to streamline your data integration tasks by using…
You can create a <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-create-remote-model-embedding-maas">remote model</a> based on the Vertex AI…
You can now use an alternate syntax when you call the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/search_functions#vector_search">VECTOR_SEARCH function</a> to improve…
An updated version of the <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/odbc-jdbc-drivers#current_odbc_driver">Simba ODBC driver for BigQuery</a> is now available.
You can now use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/continuous-queries#spanner-example">continuous queries to stream BigQuery data to Spanner in real time</a>. This feature is <a…
Effective June 1, 2026, BigQuery will limit legacy SQL use. This depends on whether your organization or project uses it from November 1, 2025, to June 1, 2026. If you don't use legacy SQL during…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/create-data-agents#create-review-glossary-terms">create and review</a> custom glossary terms in BigQuery for a…
You can now <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/restore-deleted-datasets">undelete a dataset</a> that is within your time travel window to recover it to the state that it was in…
You can now run <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/global-queries">global queries</a>, which let you reference data stored in more than one region in a single query. This feature…
Control of MCP use with organization policies is deprecated. After March 17, 2026, organization policies that use the gcp.managed.allowedMCPServices constraint won't work, and you can control MCP use…
The <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/bigqueryml-syntax-ai-classify">AI.CLASSIFY function</a> now supports classifying your input into multiple categories.…
You can now use <a href="https://docs.cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/generate-dataset-insights">dataset insights</a> to understand relationships between tables in a dataset by generating relationship…