What's Next For Google Cloud Databases? AI Inside SQL And More
VentureBeat, Wednesday, April 9th, 2025
The SQL query language has been the cornerstone of database technology for decades. But what happens when you bring SQL together with modern generative AI? That's the question that Google Cloud is answering as part of a series of database updates rolling out at the company's Google Cloud Next conference today.
Over the past year, all Google Cloud databases have added some form of vector support, enabling AI use cases. At Google Cloud Next, multiple databases are being updated, including Firestore, which is getting MongoDB compatibility. Google Bigtable is getting support for materialized views and support for Oracle Database in Google Cloud is also expanding.