Google Opens Connected Apps Preview For AI Mode & Gemini
AI summary Google has started a public preview of its Connected Apps Platform, which it first announced on Oct. 28, allowing developers to apply so that approved apps can work within AI Mode in Search and the Gemini app. Apps link up through a remote MCP server or Android's AppFunctions, are registered in Google Connected Console, and must pass Google's review and testing before going live. Google's policy bars apps from using misleading or overly broad descriptions to get the model to pick them over rival apps. More than 50 connected apps are already available, with Canva and Instacart among them, and Google plans to add Peloton, Adobe and other partners' apps to Search in the coming weeks.