Google and Adobe expand AI tie-up across Workspace, Search and creative apps

Google and Adobe expanded their partnership at Adobe MAX on Nov. 10, setting out to place Adobe’s creative and document tools inside Google services while bringing Google AI models further into Adobe software.

The agreement centres on Acrobat, creative production and enterprise workflows. Acrobat will be available through Google Workspace in Google Drive and Gmail, while Adobe plans to extend its Gemini and Gemini Enterprise connectors to Acrobat and other creative tools. Adobe also plans to bring creative tools to AI Mode in Google Search.

The Drive and Gmail integration is a route into Acrobat rather than native PDF editing within Drive itself. Acrobat is expected to appear as a suggested app, including through an “Edit with” option in file previews, according to 9to5Google. That rollout is expected to precede the Gemini-related features.

Google’s latest image and video models are due to become available in Adobe Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere and Adobe Express. Gemini models will also help power Acrobat’s AI capabilities, including conversational PDF editing, understanding document contents and producing presentations, resumes and reports.

Adobe and Google DeepMind will work on AI-powered editing features beginning with Photoshop. The companies are exploring a customised Google image model that could enable near-real-time edits, allowing users to prompt image changes and select among variants without leaving their workflow.

The announcement extends rather than begins the companies’ model partnership. In October 2025, Adobe and Google Cloud said Adobe customers would receive access to Gemini, Veo and Imagen in Firefly, Photoshop, Adobe Express and Premiere. The new agreement adds integrations across Google’s productivity and search products, while extending Google models in Adobe applications.

The companies said the aim is to reduce app-switching for document and creative work. Adobe’s creative and productivity products serve more than 1 billion monthly active users, while Acrobat opens more than 400 billion PDFs annually, according to the companies’ announcements.