Google’s new Gemini agent can create AI coworkers with their own email and calendar
Announced at Gemini at Work 2026, coworker agents get a Workspace account, Drive storage and a place in the company directory. Pricing for wider use is not out yet.
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In short
Google Cloud announced the Gemini agent on 8 October. Companies can create coworker agents that get their own Workspace account, email address, calendar, Drive and directory entry. They act under their own identity and see only what is shared with them.
What Google announced
Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian introduced the Gemini agent at Gemini at Work 2026 on 8 October.1 Google describes it as a single agent that answers questions, does knowledge work, creates images and media, and writes and runs code, through one interface and one API.1
Coworker agents
A team can describe a role it needs and Gemini creates a "coworker agent" for it.1 According to Google, the agent "receives its own Workspace account, including an email address, calendar, Drive, and presence in your company directory."1 Google says a coworker agent acts under its own identity rather than a person's, and sees only what people share with it.1
Controls for IT teams
Google says every agent has a cryptographically attested identity with least-privilege permissions, and every action is written to an audit trail attributed to the agent.1 Agents run inside an Agent Sandbox, and their traffic passes through Agent Gateway, which Google calls an AI network firewall.1 Admins can set a hard limit on a project's AI spend; when the limit is hit, that project's agent pauses.1
Models
Google says the agent works across its Gemini models and Anthropic's Claude models today, with other private and open models planned.1
Availability and price
VentureBeat reports a private preview for select customers starting 8 October, included at no extra charge where Gemini Enterprise is available.2 Google's announcement does not give a general availability date or full pricing for coworker agents.1 VentureBeat says Google will share more pricing details closer to wider release.2
Fact ledger
How labels workQuestions readers ask
Do Gemini coworker agents get their own email address?
Yes. Google says each coworker agent gets its own Workspace account, including an email address, calendar and Drive.
How much does the Gemini agent cost?
Google has not published full pricing. VentureBeat reports the preview is included at no extra charge for Gemini Enterprise customers.