Bard

Bard was built as a chat-focused model that follows instructions in natural language, summarizes sources, and drafts content like emails, outlines, and code snippets. It could reason over long prompts, keep multi-turn context, and use web results to ground answers so responses felt current and useful. Over time it gained image understanding in some workflows and tighter integration with Google products, which helped with tasks like research, planning, and light data work. Bard eventually transitioned into the Gemini branding and product line, carrying forward its chat features with stronger reasoning and multimodal support. For many teams it served as an accessible entry point to AI assistance, good for everyday questions, writing help, and quick analysis.