As previewed last week, Gemini Spark is now available in the US for Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Gemini Spark is Google’s 24/7 personal agent to automate tasks. On the web, the side panel gains a new “Spark” tab opposite “Chat.” On Android and iOS, Spark appears in between Search chats and Daily brief, with Google noting the “Beta” status.
At the moment, Gemini Spark taps into Google Workspace and other Connected Apps, Personal Intelligence, websites you’re signed into, location, and:
- Remote browser with automatically saved info (Example: navigate to a website and interact with the page, like adding items to your cart)
- Remote computer with code execution data
With Google Workspace, Gemini Spark can:
Calendar
- Manage Your Schedule: Check your calendar, RSVP to invitations, and schedule new events.
- Reschedule & Clean up: Update meeting times, change locations, or cancel events.
- Smart Scheduling: Check your calendar and suggest open slots that fit everyone’s availability.
Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Slides
- Google Drive Navigation: Search for files, read file contents, check metadata, and view recent documents.
- Write & Edit Docs: Create new Google Docs or edit existing ones—adding summaries, notes, or editing specific sections.
- Create Spreadsheets: Build and format custom Google Sheets with data, tables, and formulas.
- Generate Slide Decks: Create Google Slides presentations from a prompt.
- File Organization: Rename or delete files.
Gmail
- Email Search & Summarization: Search across your email threads to find specific topics or summarize conversations.
- Draft & Reply: Compose email drafts, forward emails, or reply to existing email threads.
- Use labels: Organize your inbox with labels.
There are three core components to Gemini Spark. A Task is the high-level goal, project, or object you want accomplished.
A Schedule determines when Gemini Spark should automatically run in the background. This can be a specific date/time or in response to an event. For example: “Every day at 8 AM (condition), give me an update on AI news (task).” They are different from scheduled actions in the Gemini Chat experience.
A Skill, or “set of reusable instructions and additional context,” is the final component. They can be accessed using @ or /.
It teaches Gemini how to do a specific task and what tools to use. You can specify the skill Gemini Spark should use for a task or a schedule’s action. Spark can also automatically use a skill when it’s relevant to a task.
A full example follows:
- Task: Plan and manage my business trip to London.
- Schedule: When my flight is delayed (condition), notify me and propose an update to my itinerary (task).
- Skill: Using a “Travel Booking” skill and a “Gmail Writing” skill simultaneously to rebook a room and send a confirmation.
In summary, you define the task (what you want), set the schedules (when it should happen), and provide the skills (how to do it) to complete the work.
Other Gemini Spark use cases include:
- Declutter your inbox: Summarize or archive newsletters and unsubscribe from emails lists.
- Get a custom news digest: Go deep on the stories you care about and follow how they evolve
- Deep dive on topics: Pull research formatted to fit your goal, complete with cited sources
Use the “Describe your task” field, which supports uploading files and a notebook. The task thread and work panel let you monitor progress, including planned, current, and completed steps. You can take over the Remote browser as needed.
Gemini Spark has the same compute-based usage limits as the rest of Gemini. Additionally:
You can have up to 15 tasks running at a given time. You’ll have to wait for tasks to be completed before making another request. Also, a schedule will not run if there are already 15 tasks running.
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