Google Renames Gemini Gems to Skills, Spark Becomes Tasks

Google is making major changes to its Gemini AI ecosystem. The company is transitioning custom AI bots known as Gems to a new format called Skills, while its background AI agent Spark is appearing as Tasks in Gemini’s interface.

Starting November 17, 2026, personal Google accounts will begin transitioning their Gems to Skills. The new system is designed to let users apply multiple custom instructions within the same Gemini conversation. However, some existing Gems features may not yet be available in Skills.

Google’s Scheduled Actions can perform recurring tasks and deliver results at specified times, while Spark, now labeled Tasks in the interface, can handle more complex, multi-step workflows in the background. These features differ in their capabilities, availability, subscription requirements, and limits.

In this report, TechWorld Bangladesh explains:

• Why Google is transitioning Gems to Skills
• How multiple Skills can work within one Gemini chat
• What Scheduled Actions can do
• How Spark or Tasks handles multi-step workflows
• The key differences between Scheduled Actions and Tasks
• What users should back up before the transition