Gemini Spark
4 source-checked cases.
- Fill an Instacart cart for a risotto recipe with an AI agent: ChatGPT Dots did it, Gemini Spark frozeRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartial
For PCMag, Ruben Circelli asked three agents to find J. Kenji López-Alt's no-stir risotto recipe, research the best version of each ingredient at the local Wegmans and add them to an Instacart cart. ChatGPT's Dots, once Instacart was connected, found the recipe, researched the ingredients and filled the cart without issue. Meta's Muse got there slowly, needed Circelli to log in and enter a verification code, and added saffron threads that aren't in the recipe. Gemini's Spark found the recipe and proposed ingredients but couldn't access the account, tried to take over Chrome and froze.
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- Clear out one sender's promo emails with Gemini Spark by asking for a count before anything is deletedEvidence: Screenshots or logsBeginner-friendly
The writer behind the Stacktraced blog had months of SiriusXM trial-expiry emails from a single sender. They asked Gemini Spark to find every email from that address, report the count and date range before doing anything, then move them to Trash without touching any other sender. It found exactly 20 messages, all from that sender, and asked for confirmation. After a 'yes', it still asked for approval one email at a time, 20 separate clicks, before reporting all 20 moved to Trash. The writer checked: none left in the inbox, all 20 recoverable in Trash and nothing else disturbed, but notes native Gmail search would have been faster for a known sender.
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- Draft an email with a couple's average monthly grocery spending from a budget spreadsheet with Gemini SparkRecreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewBeginner-friendly
The Verge's Jay Peters asked Gemini Spark to draft an email to their spouse with the couple's average monthly grocery spending in 2026, without naming the spouse or saying where the budget was; the spreadsheet in Drive doesn't have 'budget' in its name. Spark found the spouse's email address, pulled the monthly grocery totals from the right 2026 spreadsheet (including May's incomplete data), averaged them and put a draft in Gmail that used the spouse's first name and a sign-off the couple use. Jay's reaction: 'Wow, that's actually nuts.' Their wider verdict was that Spark still needs checking and isn't worth the $99.99-a-month plan on its own.
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- Find this week's drugstore deals and coupons to stack with Gemini Spark, though one promo code didn't work (partial)Recreated promptEvidence: Article or interviewPartialBeginner-friendly
TechCrunch's Sarah Perez asked Gemini Spark for product suggestions for an everyday drugstore trip for household items, based on weekly deals and coupons they could clip. Spark told them which products matching their needs were on sale, suggested coupons to clip in the Walgreens app, and explained how to stack coupons on one item with online promo codes for a pickup order. One of the promo codes was invalid when they tried it, even though they met the requirements Spark had described, but buy-one-get-one-free and rewards deals Spark pointed out made up for it.
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