Google began a major expansion of Gemini's Connected Apps, letting users plug third-party services directly into their conversations with the AI chatbot. The rollout brings new partner integrations across three categories: productivity (Airtable, Linear, monday.com, PandaDoc, Wispr AI, Zoho), creativity (Adobe, Picsart, Squarespace, Webflow), and lifestyle (Peloton, apartments.com, Experian, SeatGeek).

The model is conversational task completion: connect an app in Gemini settings, then invoke it through an @mention or a direct prompt. Google's concrete example is planning Peloton workouts inside chat — the kind of everyday consumer task that makes Gemini feel like an agent, not just a chatbot. The creative integrations are framed carefully: Adobe for asset creation, Squarespace for website design.

This follows the earlier integration of iHeartRadio and Ticketmaster and is the clearest consumer-side answer yet to rivals turning chatbots into doers: Meta's Muse works via WhatsApp, and OpenAI has been pushing ChatGPT agents into real-world tasks. The question is whether users actually connect their accounts — or leave the apps unlinked and the feature theoretical.

UPDATE 2026-09-24: Adobe detailed its side of the Gemini integration — Photoshop, Lightroom, Adobe Express, and Firefly tools now work inside Gemini conversations on every Gemini plan via an @Adobe mention, orchestrated so a single description kicks off the right multi-step workflow. Adobe also folded Acrobat capabilities into its existing Claude plugin. Setup needs only a Google Gemini account plus a free or paid Adobe login.