Overview
- Gemini Spark support has arrived in the macOS Gemini app, and the update adds Connected folders, options to keep a Mac awake for tasks, backup failure alerts, and a Usage limits page.
- App teardowns published Tuesday uncovered Android Google app code strings tied to an internal codename “Robin” that explicitly reference a device picker, Mac status indicators like “last seen,” and upsell text for running tasks from a phone, but Google has not officially announced the remote feature.
- The remote capability appears to require the Gemini macOS client on an Apple‑silicon Mac where Spark can run on demand (Option+Space) and access user‑selected desktop windows and local files.
- Discovered strings such as “start a new thread,” per‑device disable messages, and device selection text point to session isolation and per‑device controls designed to keep data on a Mac separate from other Gemini sessions.
- Google is rolling third‑party integrations and Model Context Protocol support to web and mobile first with Mac support arriving in the coming weeks, a change that could give Android users a practical way to run Mac workflows remotely while raising new permission and privacy choices for users.