Google is building a feature that turns Android phones into remote-control terminals for Macs, letting users trigger and monitor autonomous AI tasks from anywhere.
Code strings discovered in the latest Android Google app (v17.36.12) reveal a "Robin" feature, Google's internal codename for its Gemini Spark 24/7 autonomous agent, that connects to a remote Mac running the Gemini for macOS desktop app.
"Use your phone to run tasks on your Mac. Download at gemini.google/mac/," one string reads, according to Android Authority's analysis.
Other strings include "Select a computer," "Your Mac is not available," and "Make sure your Mac is online."
Developer Polodarb first spotted a Gemini Spark-related "device picker" in the Android Google app back in June. Android Authority connected the strings to the Mac remote-control feature, and Forbes confirmed the details through code analysis.
Gemini for macOS, which already runs on Apple silicon Macs, provides on-demand assistance via the Option+Space shortcut and can view user-selected desktop windows. The remote upgrade extends that access to Android users who are away from their desks.
The code suggests sessions tethered to a Mac are kept separate from disconnected ones. This separation is designed to prevent data stored on the Mac from leaking into unrelated sessions or onto other Macs a user might control.
Gemini already integrates with Google cloud apps like Docs and Sheets. The remote feature could extend that same interaction to local Mac files, summarizing PDF folders, running compile scripts, or triggering multi-step automation workflows with full access to the machine's resources.
The feature bypasses the need for clunky remote-desktop sessions to interact with AI agents running on a distant Mac. Google has not announced a release date, but the strings are live in the current app build, suggesting a rollout is in active development.
