Google announces a Gemini work agent with persistent coworker identities

Your move: Private preview for selected customers, not a public consumer launch

At Gemini at Work on October 8, 2026, Google announced a Gemini agent for business work. Google says it can plan multi-step assignments, use skills and tools, connect to business systems, and keep context across sessions. Teams can create coworker agents with their own Workspace account, email address, calendar, Drive, and company-directory presence. Those agents act under their own identity and see only what the team shares with them. VentureBeat reports that the new agent is in private preview for selected customers, with no confirmed date for wider availability.

Why it matters

This is an enterprise work agent, distinct from Google's personal Gemini Spark. An agent with its own account can join a team's work without attributing every action to a human colleague. VentureBeat confirmed the private-preview status with Google, so the announcement should not be read as access for every Gemini or Workspace user today.

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