Gemini in Google Sheets just achieved state-of-the-art performance.

Summary

Google announced beta features for Gemini in Sheets that let you create, organize, and edit entire spreadsheets via natural language prompts — from simple edits to complex data analysis. In evaluations on the public SpreadsheetBench benchmark, Gemini in Sheets reached a 70.48% success rate, outperforming competitors and approaching human expert performance. These capabilities are rolling out as beta; see the Google Workspace and Keyword posts for full details.

Key Points

• Beta enables natural-language manipulation of whole sheets: create, reformat, filter, transform, and analyze data without manual formulas.
• Benchmark result: 70.48% success on SpreadsheetBench, exceeding prior models and nearing human experts.
• Integrations: part of a broader Gemini update across Sheets, Drive, Docs, and Slides.
• Caution: features are beta — validate outputs and review critical edits before production use.

Practical guidance for engineers

• Describe tasks clearly (include column/row context and expected outcome) to improve reliability.
• Use Gemini for repeatable transforms, cleaning, and exploratory analysis, but add checks/tests for pipelines.
• Monitor changes and keep versioned copies while adopting beta automation in workflows.