{"type":"post","slug":"gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser","title":"Gemini connected apps expand the assistant boundary into user-authorized services","description":"Google announced new Gemini connected-app integrations, with social posts highlighting Thumbtack, Zocdoc, Granola, Zoho, and the broader MCP connection rollout.","retrieval_nugget":"Google announced new Gemini connected-app integrations and a broader MCP connection rollout, naming services like Thumbtack, Zocdoc, Granola, and Zoho. This is a material agent/product integration update with concrete user workflow consequences and strategic relevance to MCP-style agent interoperability. Primary Google sources and official Gemini posts are supplied; no prior coverage match appears.","published_at":"2026-08-14","updated_at":"2026-08-14","record_date":"2026-08-14","date_kind":"published_at","topics":["ai","agents","models","governance"],"entities":["blog.google","x.com"],"editorial_format":"field_note","basket_id":"64af3bcb-1c2d-42a9-a664-91510a61d75a","basket_revision":1,"source_urls":["https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-expands-directly-connecting-with-apps-and-services/","https://x.com/GeminiApp/status/1955661365935042834"],"schema_version":"newruntime-agent-readable-v0.2","stable_id":"post:gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser","status":"published","visuals":[{"role":"hero","src":"/images/drip/gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser/gemini-connected-apps-boundary.webp","alt":"A user-controlled Gemini hub connected to productivity, local services, music, and home and health applications.","caption":"New Runtime synthesis: connected apps widen Gemini from answering into user-enabled service actions."}],"routes":{"html":"https://newruntime.com/posts/gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser/","markdown":"https://newruntime.com/posts/gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser.md","json":"https://newruntime.com/posts/gemini-connected-apps-expand-the-assistant-boundary-into-user-authorized-ser.json"}}