Google’s 24/7 AI agent Spark finally rolls out to Ultra subscribers

Spark has started rolling out to US-based Google AI Ultra subscribers. The plan, which now starts at $99.99/mo, sits comfortably as one of Google’s best plans for power uses (via 9to5Google).

AI Ultra users in the US can now find Spark on Android, iOS, and the web. On the latter, the agent will appear within the side panel alongside the ‘Chat’ tab. On the former, the agent will appear in between Search chats and Daily brief.

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“Gemini Spark helps you navigate your digital life. Give it a task and it works in the background 24/7, even if your phone and laptop are turned off. It operates autonomously, but always under your direction. You choose to turn it on and it’s designed to check with you before taking major actions,” reads the agent’s description on the Gemini website.

Spark has three main components, namely Tasks, Skills, and Schedules.

• Tasks: Allows you to put the AI agent to work by connecting it to your Google Workspace ecosystem, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Slides. For example, “Help me find and track interior design internships in New Orleans for this summer.”
• Skills: You build the agent’s skills by defining exactly how you want Spark to take actions on things you do often. This tailors your experience and saves you from repetitive prompting. For example, “Read through the last 50 emails that I wrote and turn it into a style guide for how I write emails. Turn that into a skill that gets called every time I ask you to draft emails for me. Call that skill ghostwriter.
• Schedules: This should allow users to automate their workload based on their own terms “by setting up time-based or conditional triggers to execute tasks exactly when you need them.” For example “Every Monday at 9:00 AM, scan my inbox and review my emails from the past week. Give me a quick recap of the most important updates and provide a suggested, prioritized to-do list for this week. Also schedule some calendar blocks for deep work.”

Google has previously stated that it will give Spark new bells and whistles this summer, including the ability for it to spend your money. Additionally, expect Spark to land on the Gemini desktop app this summer.