Does Google have a good productivity AI tool?

[dheerajpanyam]

My use case is very simple and very much limited to GWS. I am expect good results since it is all Google native products, native integration and everything is limited to the GOOGLE ecosystem. I have a google slides presentation template and i have slide content (set of 8 slides) with clear instructions (title, main slide content etc). To my surprise neither the Gemini app nor the gemini within Google slides yielded anywhere close to acceptable results. In fact with Gemini slides, it never returned any output. I am disappointed

[iTazB]

Hey,

Hope you’re keeping well.

Gemini in Google Workspace is still evolving for structured, multi-slide generation, and the current Slides integration is optimized for shorter prompts or single-page content rather than complex, multi-slide templates. For more control, you might get better results using the Gemini API in Vertex AI to generate slide text in a structured JSON format, then populate your template via the Google Slides API. This approach lets you pass your exact instructions and slide layout as parameters, ensuring the output matches your requirements. You can explore the [Vertex AI + Workspace APIs quickstart](https://cloud.google.

Thanks and regards,
Taz

[dheerajpanyam]

Thanks so much @iTazB . Can you paste the link please, it is truncated?

[Rhydan]

Your use case is simple, but Gemini does not guarantee consistent results inside Google Workspace. The integration does not change how the model behaves.

Using only Google products does not ensure better accuracy. The Workspace tools call the same model endpoints, so staying inside the Google ecosystem does not create stronger reliability.

Clear slide instructions help, but Gemini often struggles with multi-slide structured content. It tends to merge sections, skip formatting, or ignore slide boundaries.

Getting weak results from both the Gemini app and the Slides integration is common. They use different internal routing paths, and both can fail on exact slide generation.

A complete lack of output in Slides usually means the internal request failed. This happens most with long prompts, templates, or detailed formatting steps.

Your disappointment makes sense. The current Slides generation feature has strict limits, and those limits affect structured presentations the most….