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Google adds a Gemini business hub for small firms, with saved brand style, connected Shopify, Canva and Xero accounts and spreadsheet insights

GOGoogle Blog· 20 Oct

Google announced on 20 October a business landing page inside Gemini for building a brand, analysing finances and understanding customers. Owners can connect Google Business Profile, Google Ads and Workspace, plus Adobe, Canva, Dropbox, Shopify, Wix, Zoho and Xero. They can upload a website, brand kit, fonts or colour palette so Gemini, using its Nano Banana 2.1 image model, keeps one visual style across campaigns. Gemini can also turn messy spreadsheets and receipts into charts and models.

  • Open Gemini once the business page reaches your account and connect only the one tool you use most, such as Google Business Profile, before you add anything else.
  • Upload your logo, fonts and colours, then ask for one real post you would publish this week and compare it with what you would normally pay a designer for.

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