During its opening keynote last night, Google made a flurry of announcements at I/O 2026 as it relates to AI. Unsurprisingly, Gemini took centre stage, with several new offerings under its banner being revealed, including a new agentic AI assistant called Gemini Spark.

Google describes Gemini Spark as “a 24/7 personal AI agent designed to proactively manage tasks and help you navigate your digital life, all under your direction.”

Unpacking how Gemini Spark operates, Google noted that it is running on Gemini 3.5 and uses the Antigravity harness. For those unfamiliar with Antigravity, which included us until very recently, it is the standalone desktop application designed for agentic-powered experiences.

Google also pointed out that Spark is deeply integrated with the Workspace suite of tools and applications, so you can implement the agentic AI assistant to handle daily tasks related to Gmail, Docs, Slides, and more.

“Even better, because it is a cloud-based agent, Spark keeps working in the background even when you close your laptop or lock your phone,” Google highlighted in a blog post.

In terms of its capabilities, Google says Gemini Spark can:

Set recurring tasks or triggers: Automatically parse monthly credit card statements to flag new or hidden subscription fees.

Teach it new skills: Direct it to check your inbox for ongoing updates from your kids’ school, extract critical deadlines and send a consolidated daily digest to you and your partner.

Create complete workflows: Ask it to synthesize raw meeting notes across emails and chats, create polished Google Docs with its findings and even draft the companion email kicking off a project.

At the time of writing, no official launch date is mentioned for Gemini Spark, but it looks like Google wants to get it in the hands of users soon, likely starting in the United States first before a wider rollout.

“This is just the beginning. We’ve got a packed roadmap of features shipping over the summer,” it concluded.

If you did not catch last night’s I/O 2026 keynote, you can watch a recap of it in the video below.

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