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Turn Your Voice into Action With New Productivity Features in Gemini Live

Google, Wednesday, August 26th, 2026

Gemini Live adds Personal Intelligence, Daily Brief, Spark and hands-free inbox management to handle tasks by voice.

Google is rolling out a productivity upgrade to Gemini Live, moving it beyond conversation to handling complex tasks on a user's behalf. New features include Personal Intelligence, Daily Brief, Spark and hands-free inbox management.

Together they let users talk through their day and delegate to-dos by voice rather than switching to an app to act on what the assistant just told them.

The shift Google describes is from an assistant that answers to one that executes, with voice as the interface for delegation rather than just query.

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