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BigQuery ObjectRef now GA: Build multimodal data platforms for conversational analytics entirely in SQL

BigQuery ObjectRef is now GA. Combine unstructured data with Gemini to build powerful multimodal analytics and conversational agents using SQL.
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Google Switching to Standard SQL for BigQuery Analytics Service

Google is abandoning its homegrown SQL variant as the recommended default query language for its BigQuery service in favor of a new standard-compliant dialect in the works for the managed data ...

BigQuery DTS MCP Server is GA, Continuous Queries Now Support Direct Writes to Iceberg—Transfer Configurations Move to Agent Control, Streaming Results Move to Open Formats

To start with the conclusionThe BigQuery release notes for September 28, 2026, include the following two items. The BigQuery Data Transfer Service (DTS) MCP server is now GA. This was originally ...
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Querying Databricks Apache Iceberg Tables with the borderless Lakehouse

Learn how to query Databricks Iceberg tables with Lakehouse runtime catalog through bi-directional federation with Databricks ...
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Google updates BigQuery with real-time streaming inserts, time-based queries, and new functions

Google today announced a big update to BigQuery, its service for quickly analyzing large amounts of data. The company has added new features that let users work in real-time, query subsets of the ...