Adobe Acrobat Studio Adds Generative Presentations, Podcasts and AI Editing

As knowledge workers grapple with information overload and rising expectations for speed and quality, Adobe is expanding how documents can be created, understood, and shared. Adobe has announced a major set of AI-driven innovations in Acrobat, introducing generative presentations, personal podcast-style summaries, and conversational PDF editing within its new Acrobat Studio experience.

The update brings together productivity features from Acrobat with the rapid content creation capabilities of Adobe Express, creating a unified, AI-powered workspace for professionals, educators, and teams. The goal is to help users turn static documents into dynamic outputs faster, while improving collaboration and comprehension across complex projects.

At the center of the announcement is Acrobat Studio, a new environment that combines advanced PDF tools, AI Assistant, and PDF Spaces from Acrobat with Express Premium features. Within this workspace, users can interact with documents through chat-based AI to generate presentations, summarize content as audio, edit PDFs, and collaborate with others in real time.

“For anyone trying to cut through information overload and stay on top of every assignment, you can now do that with Acrobat,” said Abhigyan Modi, Senior Vice President of Adobe Document Cloud. “With new AI chat-based experiences, we’re transforming how people work, making it easier to create standout presentations, comprehend information through engaging podcasts and collaborate more effectively around complex projects.”

One of the most notable additions is generative presentations. By combining AI Assistant, PDF Spaces, and Express, users can ask Acrobat to pull insights from PDFs, decks, and web pages and turn them into an editable presentation in minutes. A sales professional can assemble a client-ready deck from multiple sources, a finance team can build a polished quarterly report without design bottlenecks, and educators can transform written lectures into visual presentations that better engage students. Express provides templates, slide designs, animations, fonts, and brand kits, allowing users to refine and customize presentations quickly. The feature is also available directly within Adobe Express.

Adobe is also introducing chat-based PDF editing. Instead of navigating menus, users can now modify documents using natural language prompts. Tasks such as removing pages, editing text or images, adding passwords, or applying e-signatures can be completed by simply asking AI. An enhanced Help Panel further supports users with step-by-step guidance delivered through conversation.

Another key innovation is the ability to generate personal podcast-style audio summaries. By adding documents or web links to a PDF Space, users can ask AI to create an audio summary that captures key points. This enables people to absorb information while commuting or multitasking, turning reports, transcripts, and research into portable, on-demand audio learning.

Collaboration has also been enhanced through PDF Spaces. Teams can now invite others to add files, leave notes, and comment within shared spaces, helping accelerate alignment and decision-making across projects.

Adobe says adoption of AI in Acrobat is accelerating. Over the past year, AI usage across Acrobat increased fourfold, and a recent Forrester Total Economic Impact study found that Acrobat’s agentic AI Assistant improved efficiency for document summarization and analysis by 45%.

With Acrobat Studio, Adobe is positioning documents not as static endpoints, but as starting points for creation, insight, and collaboration. The latest updates underscore how generative AI is reshaping everyday productivity, allowing users to move from information to impact faster than before.