Gemini Deep Research now turns complex briefs into visual, interactive reports—including charts, diagrams and simulations—so teams can grasp insights at a glance. Visual reports are available to Google AI Ultra members, with editing in Canvas and Export to Docs for collaboration and sign-off.

Why this matters now

Stakeholders skim; they decide off visuals. Google’s Gemini Deep Research now goes past long-form text to produce integrated visual reports—charts, diagrams, even interactive simulations—so complex evidence becomes “see-able” in seconds. Visual reports are available to Google AI Ultra members, which also raises limits and unlocks newer agent capabilities.

What’s actually new

• Visual + interactive outputs: Deep Research can embed custom images, charts and interactive simulators directly in the report, not just describe them.

• Canvas-first editing & export: Refine visuals in Canvas, then Export to Google Docs for wider review/approval.

• Agent under the hood: The Deep Research Agent (powered by Gemini 3 Pro) plans, searches and synthesises across the web (and optionally your data) to produce cited reports. Dev teams can call it via the Interactions API.

Caveat: If you include Gmail/Drive as sources in the same run, visuals/animations aren’t currently available. Keep it web-only when you need interactive visuals.

The leadership take

This isn’t about “prettier charts.” It’s about decision velocity: moving from walls of prose to evidence you can interrogate. Teams that win with Deep Research treat visuals as testable artefacts—you can tweak assumptions in a simulator, rerun sensitivity, and converge on a decision faster than email chains ever could.

Playbook: how to get value in 5 steps

1. Confirm plan & limits
   Validate you’re on Google AI Ultra for visual/interactive reports (Pro users still get Deep Research, but visuals are Ultra-only).
   
   

2. Frame the brief like an analyst
   In Gemini → Deep Research, define scope (question, timeframe, regions, constraints). Ask for sources cited and an executive summary plus “visual exploration” sections.
   
   

3. Visualise in Canvas
   Open the report → Canvas → Create → describe the visual: “line chart of adoption by region 2021–2026; add interactive slider on budget allocation”.
   
   

4. Export & circulate
   Share Canvas for co-editing or Export to Docs to slot into your review workflow (suggesting mode, comments, versioning).
   
   

5. Instrument decisions
   Attach the report and visuals to your meeting notes; record decision, owner, metric (e.g., CAC, time-to-insight) and revisit after 30/60 days.

Example use-cases (you can ship this quarter)

• Budget reallocation simulator: Compare three spend mixes (e.g., brand/performance/retention). Use an interactive model to show outcome bands and defend trade-offs.
  
  

• Due diligence pack: Deep Research compiles a cited landscape; Canvas adds a risk heatmap and ownership diagram; export to Docs for legal/finance markup.
  
  

• Literature synthesis with visuals: Generate a concept map (who’s publishing, where evidence clusters), plus a timeline of milestones to align on the state of the art.

Governance & guardrails

• Source hygiene: Keep web-only sources when you need interactive visuals; if you include Gmail/Drive, expect a text-first report.
  
  

• Attribution by default: Ask the agent for citations and keep them visible in exported docs for auditability.
  
  

• Data separation: If you must blend private files and web browsing, review the developer guidance on File Search and exfiltration risks; consider running with private data in a separate pass.
  
  

• Change control: Treat exported Docs as the system of record; lock final reports and archive Canvas states per policy.

FAQs

Who gets access to visual reports?
Google AI Ultra members; Pro users get Deep Research with higher limits but visuals/animations are Ultra-only. Google Help+1

What visuals can I generate?
Charts, diagrams and interactive simulators embedded in the report; create or refine them from Canvas → Create. blog.google+1

Can I export and collaborate?
Yes—Share Canvas or Export to Docs for wider review and version control. Google Help

Developer angle?
Call the Deep Research Agent via the Interactions API (preview), powered by Gemini 3 Pro, to automate report generation in internal tools. Google AI for Developers+1

Any limits I should know?
Visuals aren’t available when Gmail/Drive are used as sources in the same run. Deep Research requests also have daily and concurrency limits (higher on Pro/Ultra). Google Help

Software Solutions

• Orchestrate research sprints with Asana

• Storyboard data narratives in Miro

• Maintain research wikis in Notion

• Enterprise knowledge access with Glean