Remember the era of the ‘chatbot’? It feels like ancient history. For years, AI was something you spoke to, you asked it a question, and it gave you a polished, if slightly robotic, answer. That was Version 1.0. In 2025, we’re living in Version 3.0, and Google has been the driving force behind a profound change: the Agentic Shift. Google’s AI is no longer interested in just talking; it’s designed for doing.

You know the drill. You need to book a weekend trip. What follows is a dizzying, frustrating dance across dozens of browser tabs. A tab for the flights. A tab for the hotel reviews. A tab for comparing prices. A tab for the local train schedule. You end up with a browser window that looks like a war zone, and you’ve barely moved from square one.