Gemini Spark

Gemini Spark is Google's always-on personal AI agent, built into the Gemini app and run on Google's cloud so that tasks keep going after your phone and laptop are switched off. Google announced it on 19 May 2026 as a beta for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the United States and added the Gemini app for macOS on 30 June 2026. Google now lists it as included in both Google AI Pro and Google AI Ultra. It operates autonomously under your direction: you turn it on, it works in the background, and it is designed to check with you before taking major actions. Google still describes it as an experimental feature in early development and asks users to supervise its tasks.

Spark organizes work around three primitives. Tasks are one-time background jobs such as tracking a package, researching a topic with cited sources, or finding flights that match specific criteria. Schedules are recurring workflows on a cadence you define, for example scanning your inbox every Monday morning and producing a prioritized to-do list. Skills are reusable workflows you teach Spark by describing the steps, such as turning your last fifty sent emails into a style guide and applying it whenever you ask for a draft. Up to 15 tasks can run at once, and Spark can use a remote browser or remote computer to complete a task, and in desktop Chrome it can use Chrome auto browse in your own browser, asking you to step in when a site needs you.

Integration depth: Spark connects to Google Workspace, meaning Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Keep, Tasks and Contacts, plus Google Photos, Google Search services (Search, Finance, Flights, Hotels and Maps), YouTube and Gemini Notebook. Google's Connected Apps list also names 35 third-party apps that work in Spark mode, including Adobe, Airtable, Canva, Dropbox, Granola, Linear, monday.com, Otter.ai, PandaDoc, Picsart, Squarespace, Webflow, Wix, Zillow, Instacart, OpenTable, SeatGeek, Ticketmaster, Thumbtack, Viator, Angi, Fever and GetYourGuide. Most of those are US-only and English-only, and a set of Zoho apps is offered in India. Spark is also a Model Context Protocol client: in the Gemini web app you can add any custom app by its MCP server URL, and Gemini then uses it in Spark on web and mobile. Custom MCP apps are currently limited to the US and to English, require a personal Google Account, and Gemini asks for manual confirmation before any write action they perform. On macOS, Spark can additionally work with local files in folders you connect.

Pricing, in US dollars: there is no standalone Spark subscription. Spark is included in Google AI Pro at $19.99 per month and in Google AI Ultra at $99.99 or $199.99 per month, and is not included in the $4.99 Google AI Plus tier or the free tier. Google AI Pro also carries 5 TB of storage and 4x the free tier's Gemini usage limits, and Ultra carries 20x the Pro plan's limits at the higher price. Spark draws on the same compute-based usage limits as the rest of Gemini, so heavy use of Spark counts against your plan's allowance, and Gemini warns you as you approach it.

What the entry price does not buy: Spark requires a personal Google Account, so it is unavailable on work or school accounts, and it requires the Keep Activity setting to be on. It is not offered in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or Nigeria. Cancelling or downgrading below Pro removes access to Spark: in-progress tasks finish and schedules are paused but kept, and skills stay usable in ordinary Gemini chats. Custom MCP connections are US and English only.

Spark suits individuals who already live in Google Workspace and want a personal agent that runs scheduled and background work for them. Buyers who want an agent with enterprise identity controls, audit logging and administrative governance should look at Microsoft Scout or Salesforce Agentforce as well. Buyers who want a customer-facing agent that answers messages for a business should look at Meta Business Agent as well. Buyers who want a personal agent built around Facebook, Instagram and Meta ad accounts, including small business owners, should look at Meta Muse.

Current state Q4 2026: Spark is available in Google AI Pro and Ultra on the web app, the mobile app and the Mac app, everywhere Gemini Apps are offered except the EEA, the UK, Switzerland and Nigeria. Google describes it as an experimental feature in early development and says it is rapidly expanding access. Custom MCP app connections are live for US English users, the Connected Apps list has grown to 35 third-party apps in Spark mode, and Spark can now use Google Photos and Chrome auto browse in desktop Chrome. SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 are scoped to the Gemini app in Google Cloud's compliance documentation, which is the app Spark runs inside.