Google Slides with Gemini
Gemini AI built into Google Slides that creates decks from prompts generates speaker notes and designs layouts without leaving the editor you already use.
If your team is already in Google Workspace, it's not even necessary to switch to anything new to use AI to create presentations. Gemini is integrated directly into Google Slides, and all you have to do is describe the presentation you want, and it generates each slide with an appropriate layout and content. The "Help me visualize" feature generates unique image content from your text prompts without even needing to add and generate these in a separate image generation tool. Automatic speaker notes are generated for each slide, which is very convenient for when you don't have much time to prepare for a presentation before you get up to deliver it. The Gemini sidebar allows you to ask questions about the presentation, request rewrites or even generate totally new slide content on the fly without having to break from editing. The best part? A user pays only $14/month per user with the Google Workspace Business Standard plan, which includes Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Meet, and Drive (on top of Gemini in Slides). Although, I should state one limitation: In Slides, Gemini is a good AI layer for presentations but is not quite as capable of complex data or design-heavy presentations compared to tools such as Gamma or Beautiful.ai.
- Category: Presentations
- Pricing: Freemium
- Rating: 4.5 / 5 (0 reviews)
- Platforms: Web, iOS, Android
Key features
- AI slide generation — Describe your presentation topic and Gemini generates a complete deck with slides layouts and content without you building from scratch
- Help me visualize — Generates custom images from text prompts directly inside Google Slides without switching to a separate image generation tool
- Speaker notes generation — Automatically writes speaker notes for every slide based on the content so you are prepared without extra manual effort
- Gemini side panel — Persistent AI assistant that rewrites slides suggests new content and answers questions about your presentation without leaving the editor
- Google Workspace integration — Works alongside Gmail Docs Sheets Drive and Meet in one connected environment with shared organizational context
- Real-time collaboration — Multiple team members can co-edit the same presentation simultaneously with Google Workspace sharing and commenting tools
- Translation support — Gemini can translate presentation content into multiple languages directly inside Slides for international audiences
- Template library — Hundreds of Google-designed templates as a starting point with Gemini helping to populate and customize the content
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Included with Google Workspace Business Standard at $14 per user per month alongside six other Google apps with no extra AI add-on cost
- Zero learning curve for the hundreds of millions of people who already use Google Slides every week
- Real-time collaboration in Google Slides has always been the best in the category and Gemini builds on that foundation rather than disrupting it
- Help me visualize for in-slide image generation means you can create custom visuals without leaving the editor to use Midjourney or Canva
- Works across all devices wherever Google Slides is available including offline mode for basic editing without an internet connection
Cons
- Less visually impressive output than dedicated AI presentation tools like Gamma or Beautiful.ai which have been purpose-built for AI generation
- Gemini in Slides requires Business Standard or above meaning the $7 per user Business Starter plan only gets limited Gemini access inside Gmail
- No equivalent to Gamma's card-based shareable link format since Google Slides still outputs traditional fixed-slide presentations for sharing
- AI image generation quality via Help me visualize is solid but not as refined as dedicated tools like Midjourney or Adobe Firefly for high-stakes visual work