Google's New Gemini Agent Is an AI Coworker With Its Own Email Address

AI 📅 Oct 9, 2026 ✍️ Aamir Raza

Google Just Hired an AI Coworker

The new Gemini agent does more than answer questions — it takes on work like a teammate. LexxWire

Announced at Gemini at Work 2026

Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian called it a single, universal agent for work: 'Work now starts in the prompt window.' LexxWire

It Gets Its Own Email Address

Each agent gets a Workspace account, calendar, Drive storage, and a directory entry — you delegate by emailing or @mentioning it. LexxWire

Give It Outcomes, Not Instructions

It plans multi-step tasks, picks the right model, and connects to Gmail, Drive, Slack, Jira, and BigQuery on its own. LexxWire

Every Move Leaves an Audit Trail

Actions are logged to the agent's own identity, traffic runs through Google's Agent Gateway firewall — now in private preview for Gemini Enterprise customers. LexxWire

Google's New Gemini Agent Is an AI Coworker With Its Own Email Address

Google Just Hired an AI Coworker

Announced at Gemini at Work 2026

It Gets Its Own Email Address

Give It Outcomes, Not Instructions

Every Move Leaves an Audit Trail

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