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Google Prototypes Rooms for Gemini Enterprise With Goals and Playbooks

TestingCatalog has found references to a prototype feature called Rooms in recent Gemini Enterprise builds — shared workspaces where teams collaborate with colleagues and with Gemini around one objective. Creating a Room means defining a goal, a playbook describing how Gemini should operate, and a knowledge base of connected files. This piece covers what the leak shows, how Rooms extends the Projects feature announced at Cloud Next 2026, how it compares with ChatGPT shared projects, Claude Projects and Copilot Pages, current Gemini Enterprise pricing, and what businesses should prepare while the feature is still an unannounced prototype.

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Google Gemini Desktop to Add Avatars, Customize Tab, and Signs of Gemini 4

Google is quietly preparing its Gemini desktop app for avatars with a dedicated Settings section, a hidden Customize tab for apps, skills and plugins, and new Gmail and Calendar widgets. This article separates the verified evidence from speculation, explains how the official avatar feature works today, and weighs the signs — including Google’s own on-record statements — that the client work is preparing for Gemini 4.

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Perplexity Is Testing a Granular Effort Selector for Perplexity Computer

Perplexity is reportedly testing a granular effort selector for Perplexity Computer, its cloud-based agentic AI product. The leak, spotted by TestingCatalog on 23 August 2026, confirms a low effort mode aimed directly at reducing credit consumption — the loudest complaint about Computer since its February launch. This article separates what the leak confirms from what remains unknown, lays out Perplexity Computer’s pricing and real-world credit burn figures, compares effort and reasoning controls across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and xAI, and explains what a granular effort selector would mean for businesses budgeting for agentic AI.

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