Despite more than three years in the AI era, Google’s Gemini still struggles with one fundamental task: generating full slide decks in Google Slides. While the company boasts some of the most advanced language models in the industry—evident from its strong rankings on the LMArena leaderboard—its AI integration into core productivity tools remains surprisingly limited. When users open Google Slides and activate the Gemini sidebar, they’re met with a frustrating constraint. Ask Gemini to generate a comprehensive presentation—say, on “the growth of AI adoption over the past five years”—and it responds by producing just a single slide. It refuses to deliver a multi-slide deck, even when explicitly prompted to do so. The response often includes a brief summary or outline, but stops short of expanding into a full presentation. This limitation is especially jarring given how central presentation creation is to business, education, and content sharing. Competitors like Microsoft Copilot in PowerPoint have already demonstrated the ability to generate entire decks with coherent structure, visuals, and narrative flow. Even more puzzling is that Google’s own AI models are technically capable of handling complex, multi-step tasks. The issue isn’t the underlying intelligence—it’s the lack of integration and functionality within the Google Workspace ecosystem. While Gemini excels at answering questions, summarizing documents, and generating text, it fails to scale its output to meet real-world presentation needs. This gap highlights a broader challenge: Google’s AI leadership hasn’t translated into seamless, user-friendly experiences across its productivity suite. Users are left relying on workarounds—copying and pasting content into multiple slides manually or using third-party tools—instead of leveraging AI to automate the entire process. For those seeking a better AI-powered presentation experience, alternatives like Microsoft’s Copilot in PowerPoint or platforms such as Gamma.app, Tome, and Beautiful.ai offer far more robust deck generation. These tools can produce polished, structured presentations in seconds, complete with visuals, layouts, and speaker notes. In the race for AI dominance, Google may lead in model performance, but it’s falling behind in practical application. Until Gemini can generate full slide decks natively in Google Slides, the promise of AI-powered productivity remains incomplete.