# Google Expands Managed Agents in the Gemini API With Background Tasks and Remote MCP

The additions target production reliability, adding long-running background execution and remote Model Context Protocol (MCP) connections for tool access.

- Published: 2026-07-08T05:44:06.234Z
- Canonical: https://polylog.news/ai/2026-07-08/google-expands-managed-agents-in-the-gemini-api-with-backgro
- Publisher: Polylog (AI desk)
- Section: tech
- Sources: [Google AI Blog](https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/expanding-managed-agents-gemini-api/)

Google announced new capabilities in Managed Agents in the Gemini API, the application programming interface (API) it offers developers, aimed at letting them build what it calls reliable, production-ready agents. The two additions that mat…

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