Google Gemini Expands Connected Apps With Adobe, Squarespace and Peloton Workflows

Google is expanding Gemini's ability to work with third-party services through a new wave of Connected Apps, including Adobe, Squarespace and Peloton. The rollout, which began on September 23, 2026, is designed to let users bring supported apps into Gemini conversations and complete relevant actions without leaving the chat experience. For businesses, the update points to a more practical role for Gemini as a workspace for coordinating creative, productivity and lifestyle tasks across services.

In Google's official Connected Apps announcement, the company groups the new integrations into productivity, creativity and lifestyle categories. Adobe and Squarespace are among the creativity partners, while Peloton is available for lifestyle workflows. Google says users can call connected apps into a conversation by using an @mention or by referring to them directly in a prompt.

The announcement confirms an ecosystem expansion rather than a single new Gemini feature. It also gives users a direct role in activation: connected services are managed through Gemini settings, where people can connect available apps to their Gemini experience.

How Gemini Connected Apps work

Connected Apps are intended to make Gemini a place where a request can draw on a linked external service. Instead of treating chat as separate from the tools used for planning, creating or managing work, the model is meant to route relevant requests into supported apps.

Google's September rollout covers the following partner groups:

For the highlighted creative services, Google frames Adobe around asset creation and Squarespace around website design. The announcement does not specify every command, workflow or feature that each partner integration supports. That distinction matters: the confirmed news is that these services are part of Gemini's Connected Apps expansion, not that Gemini can perform every task within each platform.

Peloton is available as a connected app for lifestyle workflows. Google specifically says Gemini users can plan workouts in chat and prompts. This is a concrete example of the interaction model the company is pursuing: a user starts with a natural-language request in Gemini, then uses a connected service within that same conversational flow.

The mechanics are straightforward in principle. Users connect an app in Gemini settings, then invoke it through an @mention or a direct prompt. Whether a particular action is available will depend on the connected app and the functions exposed through its Gemini integration.

What businesses should consider

The immediate value is not that every team should connect every available app. It is that workflows that currently begin with searching, switching tabs or manually transferring context may increasingly start in the Gemini interface. Creative teams, site owners and managers can watch this rollout for ways to reduce friction between an initial request and the tool where the work is completed.

A sensible first step is to identify repeatable tasks where an app already plays a clear role. For example:

• Creative teams can monitor how Adobe's connection supports asset-related work in Gemini.
• Website owners can assess where Squarespace or Webflow fits into their existing design and publishing process.
• Teams using Airtable, Linear, monday.com, PandaDoc or Zoho can examine whether connected prompts match their current planning or documentation habits.
• Individual users can use Peloton's connection to plan workouts from Gemini chats.

The rollout also highlights an important implementation question: which accounts and apps should be connected. Because enablement happens through Gemini settings, organizations should decide which users should test integrations and which existing workflows are appropriate for early use. The announcement does not provide pricing details for the Connected Apps rollout, nor does it define a universal availability schedule beyond stating that the rollout started September 23, 2026.

Businesses should also avoid assuming that an integration automatically replaces a process. The useful test is whether bringing an app into Gemini improves a real task, such as moving from a content idea to an asset workflow or from a website request to a design workflow. Testing a small number of clearly defined use cases will reveal more than connecting tools without a purpose.

As more services become available, Gemini's competitive position may depend less on chat alone and more on how reliably it can coordinate work across the applications people already use. Google's current partner list spans work management, creative production, web design and personal services, which makes Connected Apps a broader platform strategy rather than a narrowly focused add-on.

If your team is evaluating where Gemini and connected tools can remove manual handoffs, Scalevise's AI consultancy service can help identify practical use cases, assess fit with current processes and build an adoption plan around measurable workflow improvements. Start with the tasks that consume the most repeated effort, then turn the right opportunities into a focused implementation roadmap. Request an AI consultation.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Gemini Connected Apps?

Gemini Connected Apps are integrations that let users connect supported third-party services to Gemini and invoke them through @mentions or direct prompts.

Which creative apps are included in Google's new Gemini rollout?

Google lists Adobe, Picsart, Squarespace and Webflow in the creativity category of its September 23, 2026 Connected Apps update.

Can Gemini users plan Peloton workouts in chat?

Yes. Google says Peloton is available as a connected app and enables users to plan workouts within Gemini chats and prompts.

How do users enable a Gemini Connected App?

Google directs users to Gemini settings to connect available apps. Once connected, an app can be brought into a chat with an @mention or a direct prompt.

Has Google announced pricing for the new Connected Apps?

The official announcement describes the rollout and partner categories, but does not provide pricing details for the Connected Apps expansion.

Conclusion

Google's Connected Apps expansion makes Gemini more directly connected to the software and services users rely on for creative, productivity and lifestyle tasks. Adobe, Squarespace and Peloton illustrate the breadth of the new partner set, while Gemini settings and prompt-based invocation give users a clear way to activate supported connections. The practical opportunity is to test where these integrations simplify an existing workflow, while waiting for more detail on the specific capabilities available in each app.