Google is reportedly testing a new 'Gemini Tasks' mode that could handle work across desktop apps, with Computer Use permissions and Gemini Live built in. The finding comes from Android Authority, surfaced in news roundups on September 25.

A desktop Tasks mode would put Gemini in direct contention with the agentic computer-use tools Anthropic, OpenAI, and Meta are all pushing this year. Until Google acknowledges the testing, it stays rumor.