Gemini Connected Apps Now Plug Airtable, Linear Into Your Chats

Google has started rolling out a new set of third-party Gemini connected apps, folding project management and creative tools directly into the Gemini app. The update lets users handle work in one chat window instead of switching between tabs, according to Google's announcement on September 23, 2026. Mai Lowe, group product manager for the Gemini app, wrote the announcement post on Google's official blog.

The change turns Gemini into a single place to manage tasks. Instead of opening a separate app to check a project board or a database, a user can connect the tool in Gemini settings and call it up inside a conversation. The company frames Gemini connected apps as a way to keep work moving without leaving chat.

Gemini connected apps are not a new idea, but this wave is the biggest partner list so far. Google's assistant already worked with services like Gmail and Drive, and third-party options began appearing last year. This rollout extends the same pattern to tools people use for real project work: task trackers, databases, design software and document tools, all reachable through Gemini connected apps.

Which apps are included

Fourteen apps are part of this rollout, split into three groups. The productivity tools are Airtable, Linear, monday.com, PandaDoc, Wispr AI and Zoho, which Google says can handle project management, database organization and dictating notes. These are the apps that show up in startup workflows and student group projects, so their inclusion says a lot about who Google is building for.

The creative set includes Adobe, Picsart, Squarespace and Webflow, aimed at designing visual assets and building websites. The lifestyle group covers apartments.com, Experian, Peloton and SeatGeek, for searching rentals, monitoring credit, planning workouts and finding event tickets.

Gemini connected apps now cover a full day: morning standup in Linear, an afternoon design sprint in Adobe, an evening workout planned with Peloton. Google did not say whether more categories are coming, and the post gives no criteria for how partner apps were chosen. It also does not specify which regions or account types get access first, and Google has not given a timeline for full availability.

How to use the connections

Getting started takes two steps. A user connects a favorite app in Gemini settings, or brings it into a chat by typing an @ mention or asking Gemini directly. After that, the Gemini connected apps can draw on the linked service when a request relates to it.

For students and early-career workers, the appeal is fewer open tabs. Project boards, databases and note-taking apps are the tools young professionals touch all day, and pulling them into a chat removes the small friction of app-switching that piles up across a workday. Every hop between apps breaks focus and forces the brain to reorient, and those interruptions add up.

There is also a trust question that comes with every new connection. Letting an assistant reach into a project database or a document tool means handing it context it did not have before. Google says users keep control over which apps are connected and that data handling follows Gemini's privacy settings, but the details of how each partner integration stores and uses data remain thin. For now, that is a question users will answer app by app.

The broader story is that AI assistants are competing to become the front door to everything else on a device. Google's Gemini connected apps push in that direction, alongside similar moves from rival assistants that are embedding task tools into chat. Independent coverage confirms the partner list and the September 23 rollout date. Whoever owns the conversation window gets a shot at owning the workflow behind it.

For people who already live in Airtable, Linear or monday.com, the new Gemini connected apps are worth trying once they appear in settings. Connect the tools you use most, invoke them with an @ mention, and see whether one chat can actually hold a workday. Google has not said when the rollout reaches everyone, so access may arrive unevenly over the coming weeks.