--- title: "Looker Explore AI and interface updates" url: https://daily.dev/posts/looker-explore-ai-and-interface-updates-z8uyq6evl source_url: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/business-intelligence/looker-explore-ai-and-interface-updates type: article source: "Google Cloud" published: 2026-06-16T16:07:00.523Z updated: 2026-08-24T06:54:44.855Z tags: ["data-visualization", "google-gemini", "bi"] reading_time: 4 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Looker Explore AI and interface updates **[Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/sources/gcp)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google is updating Looker Explore with AI-powered assistants and a redesigned interface. Key additions include AI-assisted Quick Start (auto-generates queries using Gemini models), an Insight Assistant for natural language data table modifications via the Conversational Analytics API, and an Expression Assistant that converts plain language into Looker Expression syntax. The UI overhaul brings a resizable field picker, contextual column menus for filters and calculations, and drag-and-drop visual pivots. The Merge Query workflow has also been redesigned with a three-panel interface, smart join suggestions, query URL linking, and expanded row limits up to 50,000 rows for non-BigQuery sources. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Dashboard agents in Looker](https://daily.dev/posts/dashboard-agents-in-looker-rxfzczvoc) · Google Cloud · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Looker Conversational Analytics now GA](https://daily.dev/posts/looker-conversational-analytics-now-ga-etaqfwjoq) · Google Cloud · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [Looker updates for agentic BI at Next ‘26](https://daily.dev/posts/looker-updates-for-agentic-bi-at-next-26-kn2o3asbm) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Understanding Looker’s Conversational Analytics API](https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-looker-s-conversational-analytics-api-7ozhy46ud) · Google Cloud · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Integrating Looker and Gemini Enterprise](https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-looker-and-gemini-enterprise-uf8ty4ash) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-visualization](https://daily.dev/tags/data-visualization), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini), [#bi](https://daily.dev/tags/bi) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/looker-explore-ai-and-interface-updates-z8uyq6evl)