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

September 24, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
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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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Google Releases Gemini Desktop App for Windows With Alt + Space Support

September 10, 2026
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Google released the Gemini app for Windows on 10 September 2026, built around an Alt + Space shortcut that opens Gemini over any window. We read Google’s download page, Help Center and Spark support pages alongside Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s shortcut documentation and the first hands-on reviews, and found six claimants on the same keys, three Mac features Windows does not get yet, and a Spark agent Google’s own support page does not list for Windows or offer in the UK.