Google and Adobe announced an expanded partnership at Adobe MAX on 10 November, with Acrobat coming to Google Drive and Gmail.
In file previews in either service, Acrobat will appear as a suggested app, with an “Edit with” option. Adobe’s creative tools will also reach AI Mode in Google Search.
You’ll soon have a direct pathway from Google Drive and Gmail into Adobe Acrobat, surfaced as a suggested app across both services, including an ‘Edit with’ entry point in file previews.
Google, in its announcement
That pathway isn’t live yet. Google says “soon”, with no date and no word on where it will roll out. Adobe says more than 400 billion PDFs are opened with Acrobat each year, and the integration will bring its PDF tool to the Google apps people use daily.
The deal runs both ways. Google’s latest imaging and video models will come to Adobe Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, and Adobe Express, and Gemini models will help power AI features in Acrobat. Adobe customers can already use Google’s models, including Gemini Omni, Veo, and Nano Banana. The release gives no financial terms.
Gemini, business and Photoshop
Adobe is expanding its connectors in Gemini and Gemini Enterprise with Acrobat and more creative tools, so people can enhance images, customise designs, and work with PDFs inside a conversation.
Google says businesses will be able to use Adobe’s CX Enterprise Coworker agent in Gemini Enterprise. Google describes it as an AI assistant that helps teams design graphics, work with PDFs, and launch marketing campaigns without switching apps.
Photoshop is further off. Adobe and Google DeepMind are exploring an image model for the app that could allow near-real-time edits from prompts, with no launch date.
How to use Adobe in Gemini
This part is already live. Adobe’s post from 24 September says Adobe in Gemini is available globally across all Gemini plans, with Photoshop, Lightroom, Express, and Firefly.
- Open Personal Intelligence in Gemini.
- Select Adobe under connected apps.
- Sign in with your Adobe account, or create one for free.
The connector sits under Personal Intelligence, the Gemini feature that draws on Gmail, Photos, and Search history.
Context
In September, Tbreak covered the launch of Adobe in Gemini, when Acrobat also joined Adobe’s Claude connector. Adobe has been spreading its tools across other assistants and apps. Adobe for Slack brings more than 70 creative and productivity tools into Slack, and Claude now works inside Adobe, Blender, Autodesk, and Ableton apps. Google’s deal puts the same idea in the apps many people open every day.
