TechCrunch AIMay 30, 2026, 3:30 PMSarah Perez

I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s useful

Original: I put Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark to work, and it’s actually pretty useful

Gemini Spark helps automate everyday tasks, but its reason for being a separate Google product remains unclear.

TechCrunch tested Google’s 24/7 AI assistant Gemini Spark and found it genuinely useful for everyday automation. The article highlights tasks such as inbox summaries and local event planning, suggesting Google is pushing Gemini toward a more persistent assistant experience. Still, the author questions why Google chose to make Gemini Spark a separate product instead of folding it into existing Gemini or Google services.

This TechCrunch article focuses on Google's 24/7 AI assistant product Gemini Spark, with the author describing—from a hands-on testing perspective—its usefulness in automating everyday tasks. According to the original summary, Gemini Spark's core value is not one-off Q&A, but helping users handle recurring life and work chores, such as summarizing the inbox and assisting with planning local activities. This indicates that Google may be trying to push Gemini from a general chatbot or search aid toward a product form more like an "around-the-clock personal assistant": one that can lower users' cost of organizing information and turn scattered needs into more concrete action recommendations.

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