Google Launches Gemini Agent That Gets Its Own Workspace Email and Identity

Google Cloud has unveiled a new AI agent for enterprise customers, named Gemini Agent, at the Gemini at Work 2026 event on October 8, 2026. This agent is designed to handle complex, multi-day tasks rather than one-off prompts. Unlike most AI assistants that act as the signed-in user, Gemini Agent will be treated as a separate, directory-visible staff member with its own email address, calendar, Drive storage, and presence in the company directory.

Users can assign objectives to the agent, and it will plan the work, spawn temporary sub-agents as needed, and continue working even after the human closes their laptop. The agent's progress is tracked in a tasks inbox, showing reasoning, delegated sub-tasks, skills used, and any code generated. The standout feature is the agent's persistent digital identity, which can be added to Chat spaces, mentioned in Docs, and logged against in version history.

Google has not yet published pricing or a general-availability date, but the agent is currently in private preview for enterprises, connecting to various Google Workspace and third-party tools. The agent can route tasks to over 200 models, including Gemini variants and Anthropic's Claude, offering flexibility and reducing vendor lock-in.

Google reports over one billion monthly active users on Gemini and enterprise adoption in nearly 90 percent of the Fortune 100, giving the new agent a significant existing footprint. This development is particularly relevant for enterprises already on Workspace, as it can reduce context-switching and create a new class of non-human identity that must be provisioned, monitored, and decommissioned for security and compliance purposes.