Google opens Connected Apps Platform for Gemini and Search
Original title: As AI agents reshape the web, Google opens Gemini and Search to more apps
U.S. developers on a waitlist can submit MCP apps; more than 50 Gemini apps will reach Search in coming weeks.
Google debuted a Connected Apps Platform so businesses can submit apps that users link and act through in Gemini and Google Search. The public preview is in beta for U.S. developers who join a waitlist. Developers integrate a cloud-hosted MCP server or Android MCP via AppFunctions APIs, then register and submit apps in the Google Connected Console. Google already lists more than 50 connected apps in Gemini, and those will come to Search over the next few weeks. Calm is named as a new partner. Google did not say when availability will widen.
Unconfirmed: Google did not share when the platform will become more broadly available.
- Developers choose Search, the Gemini app, or both.
- After launch they can track traffic, latency and error rates.
- Search already includes Instacart, Canva, YouTube Music and Yahoo Fantasy Football.
- Existing Gemini partners named include Adobe, Experian, Localiza and Peloton.
- Vendors
- Countries
- United States
- AI models
- Gemini
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A new developer platform will let businesses bring their services to Google's AI experiences, potentially changing how consumers discover and use apps.
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