Step 1: When you open a blank presentation in Google Slides, you should see the Themes sidebar open at the same time. If not, simply select a slide and pick Theme in the toolbar at the top.

Though a busy theme could be distracting, the feature at least allows users who don’t have an Android phone to test-drive Google’s generative AI for personalization, even if they end up ...

While Google focuses ... on each slide without being distracted by all the visual elements. Another productivity-enhancing feature is the ability to generate a presentation theme from your website.