Updated pricing, packaging, and setup guidance is now available for Gemini in BigQuery
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## Change
Updated pricing, packaging, and setup guidance is now available for [Gemini in BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/gemini/docs/bigquery/set-up-gemini).
## Feature
You can now combine raster and vector data with the [ST\_REGIONSTATS geography function](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/reference/standard-sql/geography%5Ffunctions#st%5Fregionstats) to perform geospatial analysis in BigQuery. For more information, see [Work with raster data](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/raster-data) and try the tutorial that shows you how to [use raster data to analyze global temperature by country](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/raster-tutorial-weather). This feature is in [preview](https://cloud.google.com/products#product-launch-stages).
## Feature
You can now use the Apache Arrow format to [stream data to BigQuery with the Storage Write API](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/supported-data-types#supported-apache-arrow-data-types). This feature is available in [preview](https://cloud.google.com/products/#product-launch-stages).
## Change
_Analytics Hub_ has been renamed [_BigQuery sharing_](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/analytics-hub-introduction). You'll see this new name in the documentation set and the marketing collateral. The product functionality and endpoints remain the same. For more information, see [Introduction to data governance in BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-governance).
## Announcement
_Dataplex Catalog_ has been renamed _BigQuery universal catalog_. You'll see this new name in the product page of the Google Cloud console, the documentation set, and the marketing collateral. Universal catalog brings together the [data catalog capabilities of Dataplex Catalog](https://cloud.google.com/dataplex/docs/catalog-overview) and the [runtime metastore capabilities of BigQuery metastore](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/about-bqms). For more information, see [Introduction to data governance in BigQuery](https://cloud.google.com/bigquery/docs/data-governance).
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