You can use Bard to help move your ideas forward. With a little help from Bard, you can do things like:
- Brainstorm ideas, develop a plan, or find different ways to get things done
- Get a quick, easy to understand summary of more complex topics
- Create first drafts of outlines, emails, blog posts, poems, and much more
What you need
- A personal Google Account that you manage on your own, or a Google Workspace account for which your administrator has enabled access to Bard. You still can’t access Bard with a Google Account managed by Family Link or with a Google Workspace for Education account designated as under the age of 18.
- If you’re a Google Workspace administrator, learn how to enable access to Bard.
- Be 18 or over.
- A supported browser: Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Opera, or Edgium.
Important: For now, Bard is available only in Japanese, Korean, and US English.
Before you use Bard
- Don’t rely on Bard’s responses as medical, legal, financial or other professional advice.
- Bard’s responses don’t represent Google’s views, and should not be attributed to Google.
- You are responsible for your use of code, which may be subject to an open source license. Learn more about code and citations.
- Bard may give inaccurate or inappropriate information. Your feedback makes Bard more helpful and safe. Learn how to give feedback.
Start a conversation in chat
- Go to bard.google.com.
- If you’re not already signed in, sign in to your Google Account. Learn how to sign in.
- In the text box at the bottom, enter your question or prompt.
- Select Submit
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Examples
- Help me finish my art studio tagline: craft, create, and ...
- Outline my blog post about summer mocktail recipes
- Draft a packing list for my weekend fishing and camping trip
- I want to write a novel. How can I get started?
- Help me understand if lightning can strike the same place twice
- Tell me about the code within the google/jax GitHub repo
- Debug this error message: "FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'data.csv'"
Edit your prompt
If you want to revise your prompt to Bard, you can edit it, and Bard will regenerate the response.
- To the right of your prompt, select Edit text
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- Edit your prompt.
- Select Update.
Check other responses to your prompt
For some prompts, you can review other drafts that Bard creates. This option is only available for Bard’s latest response.
- At the top right of Bard’s response, select View other drafts.
- Select that draft you want to review.
Manage your conversation
- To start a new chat: At the top left, select Menu
Reset chat
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- To search for topics related to a response: Below the response, select Google it.
- To copy code from a response: Below the block of code, select Copy
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Export responses to other Google products
Important: If you export content from Bard, the terms and policies of the service you export to will apply to that content.
- To export Python code to Google Colab: below the response, select Export response
Export to Colab. This saves a new Colab notebook in Google Drive.
- Export to Google Colab isn’t available for Workspace accounts at this time.
- To export a response to Google Docs: below the response, select Export response
Export to Docs. This saves a new doc in Google Drive.
- To export a response to Gmail: below the response, select Export response
Draft in Gmail. This creates a new draft email in Gmail.
- This feature is only available if you have a Gmail account.
Tip: If you’re signed in to a Google Workspace account, your export options will vary depending on availability and Workspace settings.
Learn about responses from Bard
- Bard is an experimental technology and may generate inaccurate or inappropriate responses. When this happens, you can report a response.
- Bard’s ability to hold context is purposefully limited for now. As Bard continues to learn, its ability to hold context during longer conversations will improve.