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September 10, 2026

Feature

Conversational analytics in BigQuery now supports the ML.CORRELATION function to calculate statistical correlations between a target column and one or more metric columns in a table. This feature is in Preview.

Feature

You can now use the ML.METRICS function to compute evaluation metrics for machine learning classification or regression tasks on any table or query that contains actual and predicted values. This function lets you evaluate predictions without needing to create or reference a stored model. This feature is in Preview.

Feature

You can use the AI.CAUSAL_EFFECT function to quantify the impact of specific interventions on time series data. This feature is in Preview.

September 09, 2026

Feature

BigQuery generative AI functions now support the following Gemini models:

  • gemini-3.5-flash-lite
  • gemini-3.6-flash
  • gemini-3.7-flash

September 08, 2026

Feature

Conversational analytics now supports predictive modeling questions using the AI.PREDICT function. This feature is in Preview.

September 03, 2026

Feature

Conversational analytics now supports questions about market basket analysis. This feature is generally available (GA).

September 02, 2026

Change

An updated version of the