Summary
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Google has introduced Spark, an agent that runs tasks for you 24/7 on Google Cloud
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Currently connects to Gmail and Docs, analyzes downloads overnight; macOS desktop operations are scheduled
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Rolling out to testers and US AI Ultra subs soon, with a wider release likely
When OpenAI brought LLMs more into the public eye, major companies came together to launch their own chatbots. We’ve seen big contenders like Copilot, Gemini, Grok and Claude hit the scene, while smaller AI models (remember Adobe’s?) have popped up here and there.
Then OpenClaw debuted, and suddenly chatbots were old news. Now it’s all about agent AI, which allows models to perform tasks instead of the user. In response, we’ve seen companies come up with their own agent models, and Google just announced its own version: Spark.
Google Spark wants to help you do more without lifting a finger
Chatbots are so last month
At the company’s annual Google I/O presentation, the company pulled back the curtain on Spark. It’s a big push for the company’s agent AI, and its main focus is to let Spark wreak havoc 24/7 using Google’s cloud servers. This means AI can chew through these tedious tasks while you sleep.
Currently, Spark is a bit limited in its capabilities. It can connect to your online services like Gmail and Google Docs and analyze your documents overnight. However, Google says it wants to bring desktop operations to Spark on MacOS this summer, which would make it more similar to OpenClaw and Claude Code.
Spark is currently rolling out to testers and will be available to Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US next week. However, it looks like Google wants to spread this out as much as they can, so it’s likely that Ultra won’t be an exclusive perk for long.
