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Gemini Desktop Task Mode to Support Gemini Live and Computer Use Settings

Google’s Gemini desktop app now has a switch between Chat and Tasks, and trusted testers are starting to receive Gemini Task mode, the home of its computer use agent. Tasks carries a Gemini Live entry point, hinting at voice-controlled computer use on top of the new Gemini 3.8 Live model, and a new settings menu lets users choose allowed and disallowed apps. This article covers what TestingCatalog found, five weeks of computer use traces, the Drive backup and large-folder problem, Windows and Workspace admin controls, and what businesses should decide before rollout.

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