April 19, 2026

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Google Cloud released platform updates on April 19, 2026, with database enhancements, AI capabilities, and infrastructure improvements.

•Cloud SQL now integrates with Knowledge Catalog for near real-time data discovery
•AlloyDB adds Elasticsearch support and AI function acceleration with optimized proxy models
•BigQuery folders feature is now generally available for code asset organization with bulk operations
•Spanner's columnar engine reaches GA status for 200x faster analytical queries on live data
•AlloyDB vector search adds Vector assist extension and four-level ScaNN indexes supporting 10 billion rows

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