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In your app, you can chat about search results and uploaded content with the
assistant. The assistant can provide summaries and answer questions through
natural language conversations.
Chat with the assistant
When you ask a question, the assistant provides a summary based on the
information it can find. You can then ask follow-up questions to refine the
answer and get details based on the data that your app searches across. You can
also provide your own context by uploading files for the assistant to analyze,
or by mentioning specific people and documents in your prompt.
Ask questions and view sources
To engage in a conversation with the assistant and view supporting sources:
Type your question into the chat box. The assistant automatically provides a
summary based on your search results.
Ask follow-up questions to refine the answers.
To understand how the model processes your queries and prompts, click
Show thinking.
To see the data sources the assistant used, click Sources at the end of
the response.
Hover over a listed source to highlight the portion of the result supported
by that source.
View supporting sources for the response
To get ideas about what to ask, do the following:
Click one of the prompt suggestions below the chat box, such as
Help me write. A list of specific prompts appears.
Click one of these specific prompts, such as
Help me write a blog post. Ask me about the topic and purpose, to start a
new conversation using that prompt.
Upload and chat about files
The assistant can analyze files that you upload, such as PDFs, images, and
videos. You can also add files from your connected Google Drive or Microsoft
OneDrive Business accounts.
To chat about uploaded content, do the following:
In the chat box, click the
add_circle_outline icon.
Upload files to the assistant
Upload one or more files to the assistant.
Enter a prompt or query in the chat box.
File formats and size limitations
The following table lists the file formats and size limitations for files that
you can upload to the assistant:
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