At its recent I/O developer conference, Google introduced Gemini Spark as an always-on agent that connects to your personal data, completes online tasks, and automates aspects of your daily interactions. It’s Google’s take on the viral OpenClaw agent that rocked Silicon Valley at the start of 2026. OpenClaw’s early adopters handed their entire lives over to an AI agent for messaging and scheduling automation—sometimes with bot-induced mishaps causing embarrassing results.
My first time using Gemini Spark had me wheezing with laughter. I gave Google’s new AI agent access to everything from my personal Gmail, Docs, and Calendar apps. (So long privacy.) Then, I sent an innocuous, one-sentence prompt, asking the bot for help planning a party for my upcoming birthday. Gemini Spark not only combed through my inbox and calendar to find the real reservation I made at a karaoke bar, it also generated a five-page itinerary complete with a guest list, venue rules, nearby dining spots, after-party bars, email invites, and theme ideas. The result was genuinely impressive and done in just a couple minutes, without me having to watch over the agent or leave my laptop cracked open.
The thing that really had me nervously giggling—for multiple reasons—was Gemini Spark’s AI-generated guest list. The agent scanned my emails and documents to come up with a list of potential friends, which I didn’t expect, and recommended 15 people to invite, the correct maximum that can fit this karaoke room. “Your travel history and emails identify [my partner’s name] as a close friend and frequent companion, making him a natural first addition,” read Gemini Spark’s explanation of why it put him at the top of the list.
After giving Google’s agent access to so much unfettered context about my life, essentially standing digitally naked in front of Gemini Spark and exposing myself to the whims of experimental software, I couldn’t get over the irony of it relegating my long-term, live-in boyfriend to just a “close friend and frequent companion.” What is this, the ’80s? I also quickly realized that I, the birthday boy, was not included on the guest list to my own party.
Google began rolling out Gemini Spark this week as a beta to subscribers of the company’s AI Ultra plan, which starts at $100 a month. The AI agent is located inside the Gemini chatbot as a new tab, and users can control it using both mobile and desktop devices. You don’t need an Android handset; it works on an iPhone, too.
Rather than the more familiar “prompts,” commands that you send to Spark are referred to as “tasks.” Spark can create calendar events and send emails—with your approval first—as well as operate a remote browser to roam the internet.
Screenshot by Reece Rogers; Courtesy of Google
Screenshot by Reece Rogers; Courtesy of Google
