Google AI

Google will convert Gemini Gems into Skills from November 17, 2026, and has renamed its Spark agent as Task, reports on October 18 said.

Google began rolling out Gmail's AI Inbox, with suggested to-dos and topic summaries, to paid Workspace users on 12 October 2026; it is limited to US English accounts for now.

Google said on October 14, 2026 it will give up to 200 European researchers, picked by the EU's RAISE scheme, access to its science AI models and $3 million in credits.

From October 13, 2026, US adults can put Android apps built with Google AI Studio on their phones via a private Google Play library, with no developer account.

Google released Gemini 4 Argon in the Gemini app on 13 October 2026 for AI Pro and Ultra subscribers, with a tasks mode that keeps working while users are away.

Google Cloud announced a Gemini agent for businesses on October 8, 2026 that plans and completes work tasks and runs on both Gemini and Anthropic's Claude models.