Google Cloud announces Gemini agent, one enterprise agent that takes objectives and can route to Claude

Announced Oct 8 at Gemini at Work 2026, it handles knowledge work, media, and writing and running code from one prompt box, with @Gemini in Gmail and Docs, access from the command line, Slack, and Microsoft 365, plus an API to run it headless inside other apps. It can spin up sub-agents and route to Gemini or Anthropic's Claude models, but it's in private preview for select Workspace Business and Enterprise plans with no firm rollout date.