What changed
Google Cloud announced the Gemini agent on 8 October. Google describes cloud execution that can continue across sessions, connections to business tools, and orchestration across Gemini and Anthropic Claude models.
The announcement also describes agent identities, audit trails and project spending caps. These are vendor-announced capabilities; organisations should confirm access and rollout details before planning a deployment.
Our perspective
For teams building AI products, continuity is becoming part of the experience: users need to see what is running, what has finished and what needs their decision.
A useful evaluation is a real assignment that crosses applications and survives an interruption. Measure completion quality, permission handling and total cost, rather than judging a polished chat response alone.
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- Google Cloud — Gemini at Work 2026 8 Oct 2026