Google announced on May 28 that its AI agent, Gemini Spark, is now generally available to all Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US, after previously being limited to trusted testers in a closed beta. Gemini Spark is a 24/7 general-purpose AI agent that can run tasks in the background while your phone is locked, and also supports real-time monitoring in the foreground. Its core capability is to read information across Google products (Gmail, Google Docs, Calendar, Sheets, Slides, etc.) and take action on your behalf — for example, extracting facts from emails or documents to draft a new email, or monitoring your inbox to automatically reply to customer inquiries for small businesses. Spark supports expanding to more third-party services via the MCP protocol, and Google says more connections will roll out this summer. Spark is included in the $100/month and $200/month AI Ultra plans, is limited to US users, and is still in Beta.
Google’s official blog reveals that Spark’s roadmap includes: allowing users to give Spark direct instructions via text or email, creating custom sub-agents, and authorizing Spark to make payments within a specified budget and merchant scope. Also launching now is the Daily Brief feature — a built-in agent that automatically generates a personalized daily summary based on your goals and suggests next steps. It is now available to AI Ultra subscribers and is rolling out to AI Plus and Pro subscribers. This release comes about a week after its announcement at Google I/O 2026 (May 19), marking Google’s formal shift of Gemini from a conversational tool to a proactive, action-oriented agent.