diff --git a/language/analysis/README.md b/language/analysis/README.md
index 7ea628cc236..4629b3e6e46 100644
--- a/language/analysis/README.md
+++ b/language/analysis/README.md
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ java -cp target/language-entities-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
     "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
 ```
 
+Analyze categories in text
+```
+java -cp target/language-entities-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+  com.google.cloud.language.samples.Analyze classify \
+  "Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets."
+```
+
+Analyze categories in GCS file
+```
+java -cp target/language-entities-1.0-jar-with-dependencies.jar \
+  com.google.cloud.language.samples.Analyze classify \
+  "gs://cloud-samples-tests/natural-language/android-text.txt"
+```
+
 Included with the sample are `demo.sh` and `demo.bat` which show additional
 examples of usage.
 
diff --git a/language/analysis/pom.xml b/language/analysis/pom.xml
index 946be46b6ff..7f011b43b7a 100644
--- a/language/analysis/pom.xml
+++ b/language/analysis/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ limitations under the License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.cloud</groupId>
       <artifactId>google-cloud-language</artifactId>
-      <version>0.26.0-beta</version>
+      <version>0.27.0-beta</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/language/analysis/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/Analyze.java b/language/analysis/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/Analyze.java
index 5efcc53f683..6320a422c84 100644
--- a/language/analysis/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/Analyze.java
+++ b/language/analysis/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/Analyze.java
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.AnalyzeSentimentResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.AnalyzeSyntaxRequest;
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.AnalyzeSyntaxResponse;
+import com.google.cloud.language.v1.ClassificationCategory;
+import com.google.cloud.language.v1.ClassifyTextRequest;
+import com.google.cloud.language.v1.ClassifyTextResponse;
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.Document;
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.Document.Type;
 import com.google.cloud.language.v1.EncodingType;
@@ -55,7 +58,13 @@ public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
     String command = args[0];
     String text = args[1];
 
-    if (command.equals("entities")) {
+    if (command.equals("classify")) {
+      if (text.startsWith("gs://")) {
+        classifyFile(text);
+      } else {
+        classifyText(text);
+      }
+    } else if (command.equals("entities")) {
       if (text.startsWith("gs://")) {
         analyzeEntitiesFile(text);
       } else {
@@ -289,12 +298,65 @@ public static List<Token> analyzeSyntaxFile(String gcsUri) throws Exception {
     }
     // [END analyze_syntax_file]
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Detects categories in text using the Language Beta API.
+   */
+  public static void classifyText(String text) throws Exception {
+    // [START classify_text]
+    // Instantiate the Language client com.google.cloud.language.v1.LanguageServiceClient
+    try (LanguageServiceClient language = LanguageServiceClient.create()) {
+      // set content to the text string
+      Document doc = Document.newBuilder()
+          .setContent(text)
+          .setType(Type.PLAIN_TEXT)
+          .build();
+      ClassifyTextRequest request = ClassifyTextRequest.newBuilder()
+          .setDocument(doc)
+          .build();
+      // detect categories in the given text
+      ClassifyTextResponse response = language.classifyText(request);
+
+      for (ClassificationCategory category : response.getCategoriesList()) {
+        System.out.printf("Category name : %s, Confidence : %.3f\n",
+            category.getName(), category.getConfidence());
+      }
+    }
+    // [END classify_text]
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Detects categories in a GCS hosted file using the Language Beta API.
+   */
+  public static void classifyFile(String gcsUri) throws Exception {
+    // [START classify_file]
+    // Instantiate the Language client com.google.cloud.language.v1.LanguageServiceClient
+    try (LanguageServiceClient language = LanguageServiceClient.create()) {
+      // set the GCS content URI path
+      Document doc = Document.newBuilder()
+          .setGcsContentUri(gcsUri)
+          .setType(Type.PLAIN_TEXT)
+          .build();
+      ClassifyTextRequest request = ClassifyTextRequest.newBuilder()
+          .setDocument(doc)
+          .build();
+      // detect categories in the given file
+      ClassifyTextResponse response = language.classifyText(request);
+
+      for (ClassificationCategory category : response.getCategoriesList()) {
+        System.out.printf("Category name : %s, Confidence : %.3f\n",
+            category.getName(), category.getConfidence());
+      }
+    }
+    // [END classify_file]
+  }
+
   /**
    * Detects the entity sentiments in the string {@code text} using the Language Beta API.
    */
   public static void entitySentimentText(String text) throws Exception {
     // [START entity_sentiment_text]
-    // Instantiate a beta client : com.google.cloud.language.v1beta2.LanguageServiceClient
+    // Instantiate the Language client com.google.cloud.language.v1.LanguageServiceClient
     try (LanguageServiceClient language = LanguageServiceClient.create()) {
       Document doc = Document.newBuilder()
           .setContent(text).setType(Type.PLAIN_TEXT).build();
@@ -325,7 +387,7 @@ public static void entitySentimentText(String text) throws Exception {
    */
   public static void entitySentimentFile(String gcsUri) throws Exception {
     // [START entity_sentiment_file]
-    // Instantiate a beta client : com.google.cloud.language.v1beta2.LanguageServiceClient
+    // Instantiate the Language client com.google.cloud.language.v1.LanguageServiceClient
     try (LanguageServiceClient language = LanguageServiceClient.create()) {
       Document doc = Document.newBuilder()
           .setGcsContentUri(gcsUri)
diff --git a/language/analysis/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/AnalyzeIT.java b/language/analysis/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/AnalyzeIT.java
index c10f82e96f1..a5efa1c279e 100644
--- a/language/analysis/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/AnalyzeIT.java
+++ b/language/analysis/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/language/samples/AnalyzeIT.java
@@ -52,6 +52,23 @@ public void setUp() {
     System.setOut(out);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void analyzeCategoriesInTextReturnsExpectedResult() throws Exception {
+    Analyze.classifyText("Android is a mobile operating system developed by Google, "
+        + "based on the Linux kernel and designed primarily for touchscreen "
+        + "mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets.");
+    String got = bout.toString();
+    assertThat(got).contains("Computers & Electronics");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void analyzeCategoriesInFileReturnsExpectedResult() throws Exception {
+    String gcsFile = "gs://" + PROJECT_ID + "/natural-language/android_text.txt";
+    Analyze.classifyFile(gcsFile);
+    String got = bout.toString();
+    assertThat(got).contains("Computers & Electronics");
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void analyzeEntities_withEntities_returnsLarryPage() throws Exception {
     Analyze.analyzeEntitiesText(