Google Launches Universal Gemini Agent for Work Tasks Across Apps and Devices
The Verge AI · rss · 2026-10-08
At its Gemini at Work event, Google announced a "universal" Gemini agent that can handle work tasks across apps and devices in the background.
- The agent lives inside the Gemini Enterprise app, letting users chat with it and assign tasks from a single interface
- Beyond working directly in Workspace apps like Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Calendar, it's reachable from mobile, desktop, web, and third-party apps including Slack and Microsoft 365
- Running in the cloud, the agent maintains the same context across surfaces
It marks Google's consolidation of scattered app-level AI into one persistent background executor for enterprise work.
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