Google launches a Gemini agent for workplace tasks

Google is launching a “universal” Gemini agent designed to handle work tasks across apps and devices in the background. The company announced it at its Gemini at Work event on Thursday.

The agent will be available in the Gemini Enterprise app, where users can chat with it and assign tasks from one interface. It can also work inside Workspace apps including Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Calendar. Users can interact with it from mobile devices, desktop computers, the web, and third-party apps such as Slack and Microsoft 365. Because it runs in the cloud, Google says it will maintain the same context across connected devices.

Google says the agent can work with job-specific sub-agents and operate as a “coworker agent” with a dedicated identity and its own “@agents.company.com” email address. It will automatically use the AI model Google considers best suited to each task.

The agent is currently available only to enterprise customers in private preview. Google’s announcement may offer a glimpse of its broader vision for an assistant that can answer questions and perform work from a single window. The company launched its consumer-facing Gemini Spark agent in May; subscribers can use it for tasks across Workspace and the web, through a separate interface in the Gemini app.