The topic Google’s Gemini Spark is ready to run your digital errands while your phone is off is currently the subject of lively discussion — readers and analysts are keeping a close eye on developments.
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Google’s vision for Gemini is getting a lot more ambitious, and the latest rollout shows the company is moving beyond chatbots and straight into AI that can practically do things for you.
Google describes Gemini Spark as an AI agent that acts on the user’s behalf, but that’s always under the user’s control, running 24/7. The feature is now a dedicated tab inside the Gemini web experience, alongside the standard chat functionality.
Spark stands out from other AI assistants due to its close integration with the Google ecosystem. It can link to Google Workspace apps such as Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides to do things that normally require you to switch between multiple apps. Users can ask Spark to schedule meetings, manage invitations, search emails, summarize conversations, create documents, build spreadsheets, generate presentations, and organize files.
Google is also providing Spark with access to connected services, Personal Intelligence features, websites users are logged into, and remote browser tools that can interact with webpages on their behalf. Sometimes Spark can actually browse websites, fill in information, and do actions without the user having to click through each step themselves.
according to the data the company, Spark uses cloud-based virtual machines running on Gemini 3.5, so tasks can keep running even if a user closes their laptop or locks their phone. That background processing is a big part of Google’s pitch for Gemini, making it more akin to a persistent digital assistant than a chatbot you open when you need it.
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