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Yep, There’s an Agent for That

... Today, we’ve reached peak app fatigue. The average smartphone user has 80+ apps installed but regularly uses only 9. We don’t want another app; we want intelligence that works across all our apps.

OpenAI launched Operator, an AI agent that books restaurant reservations through OpenTable and assembles orders on Instacart and DoorDash by using your browser: pointing, clicking, typing, and navigating websites autonomously. Operator achieves an 87% success rate on live website navigation tasks but only works through web browsers, not mobile. ...

Development tools now include Agent Mode for complex multi-step tasks and Journeys that test apps using natural language, with Gemini performing actions autonomously across multiple app states. Key improvements include:

Notification Intelligence: Automatic notification grouping and Notification Cooldown that gradually lowers alert volume when you get bursts from the same app.

Enhanced Photo Integration: New photo picker APIs enable searching across cloud providers and apps, letting agents access your photos contextually.

System-Level Accessibility: Improved accessibility APIs enable agents to observe and interact with other applications, creating foundation for automation across apps.

Your phone can become the intelligent coordinator you’ve always wanted instead of isolated apps. ...

The age of “there’s an app for that” is ending. The age of “there’s an agent for that” is beginning...

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