Google appears to be preparing a renamed iteration of its agentic Gemini upgrade, with a fresh pop-up for "Gemini Spark BETA" now sitting inside the Gemini web version ahead of next week's Google I/O. The welcome screen frames Spark as an everyday AI agent ready around the clock to handle inbox triage, online tasks, and other multi-step work on the user's behalf, building on the same direction previously tracked under the internal "Remy" codename and the existing Gemini Agent reserved for Google AI Ultra subscribers.
Gemini Spark 👀 pic.twitter.com/2kuFoHXEol
— Fandu (@mrfanduuuuu) May 14, 2026
According to the hidden onboarding text, Spark will draw context from Connected Apps, skills, chat history, scheduled tasks, websites the user is signed into, Personal Intelligence signals, and location, then route some of that data to third parties when carrying out actions.
"Welcome to Gemini Spark BETA" Announcement
Let Gemini do more as your everyday AI agent, ready 24/7 to help with your inbox, online tasks, and more.
How Gemini Spark works for you
The more you use Gemini Spark, the better it understands you and what you want to accomplish. To work on your tasks, it uses your info from sources like Connected Apps, skills, chats, tasks, websites you’re logged into, Personal intelligence, location, and more. Gemini will also share necessary info with third parties. This could include your name, contact information, files, preferences, and info you might find sensitive.
Gemini Spark is experimental
While it is designed to ask for your permission before taking sensitive actions, it may do things like share your info or make purchases without asking. Make sure to supervise Gemini Spark, and don’t rely on it for medical advice, legal, financial, or other professional help. Review the risks.
Your choices
To help you get things done efficiently, Gemini saves remote browser data, like login details and remote code execution data. You can clear this data and turn off Connected Apps and other Personal intelligence features in Settings. You can also manage and delete your activity in Gemini Apps Activity. Learn about your choices.
Google warns that the system is experimental and may share information or complete purchases without confirmation, while saving remote browser data such as login credentials and remote code execution state to keep sessions warm. Controls for clearing this data, switching off Connected Apps, and pruning activity from Gemini Apps Activity sit inside Settings.
🚨 Gemini has a dedicated “MCP Tool Testing” model category in selector
— Fandu (@mrfanduuuuu) May 14, 2026
>Thinking levels
>Models named also revamped pic.twitter.com/sD3AtYyiju
The mention of "skills" is the most telling detail, suggesting Spark is meant to slot into the same skill-and-template framework rivals are now converging on, while the always-on positioning lines it up directly against Anthropic's upcoming managed agent Conway and OpenAI's Agent platform. Power users juggling Gmail, Calendar, Drive, and live browser workflows stand to gain the most, particularly anyone already paying for AI Ultra and looking for proactive monitoring rather than turn-by-turn chat.
🚨 Google Gemini has a new model named “Spark Robin”.
— Fandu (@mrfanduuuuu) May 3, 2026
Description says “Rich Visual Response” pic.twitter.com/5EO7zTInTX
If the rollout matches the cadence the in-app strings imply, a public beta should land around the May 19 keynote, alongside the broader push to graduate Gemini from a reactive chatbot into a background operator embedded across the wider Google ecosystem, with a possible AI Ultra Lite tier rumored to widen access.
