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NO.: #0d6b1e0e
Topic: AGENTS & TOOLS
Source: Simon Willison
Published: 2026-05-20 15:32:17
Importance: ★ 6/10 — radar 60
Original: simonwillison.net/2026/May/20/google-io/#atom-everything

`Gemini Spark`, Google’s hosted agent tied to Workspace apps

Google is packaging app-connected agents around Workspace, but much is still coming soon. Security and credential handling decide whether it becomes useful or risky.

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Gemini Spark connects natively to Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, YouTube, and Maps. That makes it closer to a work agent than a chat UI.
FAQ says it runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash and Antigravity. The Antigravity stack spans a desktop app, CLI, SDK, and VS Code fork.
Enterprise notes mention fresh isolated ephemeral VMs, Agent Gateway DLP, and encrypted credentials. That is the right threat model, not proof it is solved.
Since the product is not broadly testable yet, treat it as a roadmap signal. Do not build critical automations around it until GA behavior is clear.

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`Gemini Spark`, Google’s hosted agent tied to Workspace apps

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