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Google Announces New Capabilities for Managed Agents in Gemini API

Published: 7 July 2026 Last checked: 18 July 2026 Source: vendor

Summary

Google has announced new capabilities for Managed Agents in the Gemini API, including support for background tasks and remote MCP (Model Context Protocol). These features aim to help developers build more reliable and production-ready agents.

Why this matters

This update could simplify the development of complex agent workflows by handling long-running tasks and integrating external tools via MCP.

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