Google's Gemini desktop app gains Ask/Assign modes, computer use and Obsidian ties
testingcatalog · x · 2026-09-05
TestingCatalog's full scoop on Gemini desktop closed tests shows Google building a superapp to rival Codex and Claude Desktop:
- Ask/Assign modes: Ask is the standard interface; Assign works like an expanded Gemini Spark agent, letting users scope tasks to a default, previous, or newly selected folder
- Cross-computer connections: linking other machines running Gemini desktop, possibly for remote control akin to Codex
- Computer use: users can tag the skill to have Gemini drive local apps from the desktop app
- Obsidian integration spotted, though it's unclear if this signals a broader knowledge-base concept
- Customize tab in development for skills, apps, connectors and plugins, currently limited mostly to Google apps
Public release timing remains unclear.
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