Gemini File Search Update: Multimodal RAG, Metadata Filters & Page Citations

Google just fixed one of the biggest headaches in RAG.The Gemini API's File Search tool now supports multimodal search: query text and images in a single pipeline. No separate systems, no extra tooling. It handles chunking, embedding, and indexing automatically. Just upload and query.Two more upgrades that matter for production: 🔹 Metadata filtering — tag files with custom metadata, then filter by date range, topic, or version at query time. Less noise, faster answers. 🔹 Page-level citations — every answer traces back to the exact source page. Verifiable, trustable, and actually usable in production apps. How are you planning to use these new features? Let me know in the comments 👇 Subscribe to Analytics Vidhya for more AI updates. #GeminiFileSearch #MultimodalRAG #GeminiAPI #RAGPipeline #GoogleAI #AnalyticsVidhya