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Deprecations 1
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
BigQuery Storage Write API (REST) replaces legacy insertAll
The insertAll streaming API is rebranded as BigQuery Storage Write API (REST); no code changes are required, but gRPC remains the high-throughput recommendation.
Releases 16
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 15 Oct 2026
BigQuery adds Apache Iceberg V3 support
Native support for binary deletion vectors and sort orders improves row-level updates and deletes on Iceberg tables.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 13 Oct 2026
BigQuery AI.AGG function GA
The AI.AGG function is generally available. It aggregates unstructured data using natural language instructions.
- MEDIUM Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
BigQuery Graph in preview
Native graph analytics in BigQuery lets teams model, query and visualize massive-scale relationships directly on existing tables.
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
BigQuery identity columns generally available
Identity columns auto-generate sequential surrogate keys, removing the need for separate key-generation jobs in ETL pipelines.
- MEDIUM Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
BigQuery augmented analytics TVFs and TabFM in preview
Six new table-valued functions plus TabFM foundation-model inference bring automated diagnostics and predictive ML directly into BigQuery SQL.
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
Flexible column names for Iceberg tables generally available
Iceberg tables in BigQuery now accept spaces, hyphens and Unicode in column names without extra configuration.
- MEDIUM Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
Conversational Analytics generally available in BigQuery
Natural-language agent inside BigQuery Studio generates, runs and visualizes queries grounded in business context without leaving the console.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 8 Oct 2026
BigQuery Gemini assistance in SQL editor generally available
BigQuery Studio now includes an inline Gemini button to help write SQL when text is selected.
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 3 Oct 2026
Stateful processing available in BigQuery continuous queries
Preview adds JOINs, aggregations, and windowing to streaming queries for richer real-time metrics.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery query results history in Studio editor
GA feature shows recent query run history directly in the Query results pane without navigating to Job history tab.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery generative AI functions support gemini-3.8-flash model
BigQuery AI functions now support the gemini-3.8-flash Gemini model for generative AI workloads.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery continuous queries write to Apache Iceberg GA
Continuous queries can now write output rows directly to Apache Iceberg managed tables.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery Data Transfer Service MCP server GA
BigQuery Data Transfer Service MCP server is now Generally Available.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery AI.KEY_DRIVERS function reaches GA
The AI.KEY_DRIVERS function is now generally available to identify data segments causing statistically significant changes to metrics.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery adds INFORMATION_SCHEMA.FAILOVER_HISTORY view
A new INFORMATION_SCHEMA view provides near real-time failover events for reservations using managed disaster recovery.
- INFO Google Cloud release notes · 2 Oct 2026
BigQuery graph chat now GA
Conversational analytics feature allowing users to chat with graphs, tables, views and UDFs is generally available.
News and tools 2
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
Google-built ODBC driver for BigQuery in preview
Native ODBC driver offers high-performance connectivity from BI tools and apps without third-party layers.
- INFO Google Cloud Blog · 9 Oct 2026
Google-built JDBC driver for BigQuery in preview
Open-source JDBC driver gives Java apps a direct, high-performance path to BigQuery.
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