Gemini Spark, now tasks in Gemini: how to use Google's personal agent

What happened to Gemini Spark?

Nothing was shut down. Google's help article now calls the feature tasks and notes that it was “previously called Spark in beta”. You start one with the Task option below the text box in Gemini, and your existing tasks and schedules are still there.

• What it is: an agent that runs on Gemini in the cloud, built on Gemini 3.5 and Google's Antigravity harness at launch.
• What it does: declutters your inbox, monitors flight and hotel prices, researches with cited sources, browses to shop or book, and creates PDFs, Docs, Sheets and Slides.
• When it works: in the background, on a schedule or when something happens, and it asks first before high-stakes actions such as spending money or sending email.

Who can use Gemini tasks (Spark)

From Google's Gemini Apps Help on November 10, 2026.

How to use Gemini tasks

1. Turn on task mode

   On gemini.google.com, click Task below the text box and follow the on-screen steps. Tasks also work in the Gemini mobile app and the Gemini app on Mac.

2. Connect the apps it needs

   Tasks can use Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Drive, Keep, Sheets, Slides and Tasks, Google Search, Flights, Hotels and Maps, Contacts, Photos and YouTube, plus custom and third-party apps. Google's launch partners included Canva, OpenTable and Instacart.

3. Describe the job and when to do it

   Ask for a one-off job or set a schedule: at a set time or when something happens. Open the task thread and its work panel to check permissions and schedules.

   Every month on the 3rd, check my credit card statements in Gmail
   for new or hidden subscription fees and send me a list.
   
   Watch my kid's school inbox for deadlines and send a daily digest
   to me and my partner at 7pm.
   
   Summarize this week's meeting notes from email and chat into a Google Doc
   and draft the follow-up email. Don't send it.

4. Approve the important steps

   Gemini asks before browsing the web for a task (after you give Chrome permission once), and before sending messages, making purchases, submitting forms or signing in with Google. It also pauses before sharing sensitive information such as health, financial or ID details, even if you chose “Always allow”.

Source: Google's Gemini Apps Help on tasks

Limits, schedules and turning it off

• Up to 15 tasks can run at once; a schedule won't run if 15 are already running.
• Google's help says schedules don't run while task mode is off or while your device is off. Pause or resume schedules from the task thread, or from the Scheduled page in the web app.
• Usage limits are compute-based and higher on Ultra than on Pro.
• Chrome auto browse works on desktop only.
• Turn it off on the web in Settings > Task settings (“Use task mode to hand off work”), or in the Mac app under Gemini > Settings > Tasks. That deletes the remote browser and code data; your tasks, schedules and files are kept but paused.

Gemini tasks use cases

The first three are Google's own launch examples.

Gemini tasks vs Meta Muse and Grok Bot

A scheduled agent for your work, not just your inbox

Gemini tasks look after one person's Google apps. Crewmark turns your own Claude Code or Codex into an AI employee with a role, a goal in numbers, working hours and a heartbeat, which takes the next issue from a shared board and reports back.

1. Pick a role

   Start from an AI employee role, such as an SEO specialist or software engineer.

2. Set hours and a heartbeat

   It wakes every 15 to 240 minutes during the hours you choose. See Codex scheduled tasks.

3. Compare personal agents

   See personal AI agents compared.

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