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Google expands Gemini app connections with more than a dozen third-party services
Alphabet says Gemini users will be able to switch on additional app integrations over the coming weeks, ranging from meeting summaries and website editing to booking travel, music streaming, and health scheduling.
Alphabet’s Google said it is broadening what third-party apps can do inside its Gemini assistant, adding a new set of “connected apps” that users can turn on in the Gemini app. The change is designed to let people plan tasks and then complete steps without leaving Gemini, with capabilities that span productivity, local services, entertainment, music, and day-to-day life management.
In a product update posted for the Made by Google event, Google said the new integrations will roll out over the next few weeks. The company’s framing is that Gemini can help users “plan, create, and tackle” to-do lists in a single place when relevant tools are enabled.
For productivity and creativity, the announcement highlights integrations with Granola,, and Wix. Google said the connected tools can be used to summarize meetings and edit a website, positioning Gemini as the hub where users trigger creation and revision tasks rather than manually hopping between separate apps.
The update also targets local and entertainment use cases. Google said users will be able to connect with Fever, Get Your Guide, Localiza, OpenTable (UK), and Ticketmaster to book experiences, rent a car, reserve dinner, and search for event tickets. In other words, Gemini is being used not only to search for options, but to steer users toward transactions and reservations.
Music integrations include iHeartRadio and Pandora, where Google said users can discover stations and stream playlists. For home, health, and lifestyle, Google listed Angi and Thumbtack for finding home professionals, and Zocdoc for booking doctor’s appointments. Those additions suggest Google is pushing Gemini toward a broader set of practical actions that consumers typically handle through dedicated vertical apps.
The practical impact of adding connected apps is that Gemini can act as a coordinating interface across services that users already rely on. Instead of asking for information and then copying details into another app, the assistant can route requests to partner tools when integrations are enabled.
The announcement did not provide technical details on how the integrations work, such as whether they require linking accounts or what permissions each app will request. Google also did not specify whether all listed features are available to every user at launch or whether availability will vary by region, language, or platform.
Even without additional specifics, the direction matches a broader industry push toward “agentic” assistance, where AI systems can take actions on a user’s behalf. By tying Gemini to booking, scheduling, and creation tools, Google is effectively widening the range of what Gemini can complete, not just what it can answer.
Google’s post included a developer-facing credit from Mai Lowe, Group Product Manager for the Gemini app. The update emphasized that users can enable their “favorite services” inside Gemini, implying that the assistant experience is intended to be customizable around a person’s existing app ecosystem.
What’s still unclear, at least from the announcement, is how Google will measure success for the expanded connections, whether it will add more categories after the initial roll out, and what the user-level controls will look like if multiple apps can fulfill similar tasks (for example, event discovery across ticketing partners). Users will likely learn more as the integrations arrive and as Google updates feature availability.
Why It Matters
- The move increases the share of everyday tasks Gemini can help complete, not only answer, by linking the assistant to transaction-oriented services.
- Expanding partner integrations can make Gemini stickier by reducing the number of app switches required for planning, creation, and reservation workflows.
- If adoption grows, Google’s partners may gain incremental engagement through Gemini-driven discovery and action flows.
- The rollout timeline and feature availability could affect how quickly users perceive Gemini as a practical planning hub.
Key Facts
- Google said it is rolling out additional third-party “connected apps” inside the Gemini assistant over the next few weeks.
- The integrations include Granola and for meeting summaries and Wix for website editing.
- For local and entertainment, Google listed Fever, Get Your Guide, Localiza, OpenTable (UK), and Ticketmaster for booking and ticket search.
- Gemini connections for music include iHeartRadio and Pandora for discovering stations and streaming playlists.
- Home and health integrations include Angi and Thumbtack for home professionals and Zocdoc for booking doctor’s appointments.
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