During a talk with a friend I've got a series of ideas that compliment my previous article on how the AI has been impacting my life. Discussing about which AI model is better or how it can be better I came across a realization. Google is missing out on a huge opportunity to take advantage of their ecosystem and how integrating AI with their tools you can get a lot for almost no cost.
So first you need to understand, at least conceptually, what are the meaning of 'skills' in AI as well as agents, I asked an AI to give the definition:
Skill: A modular, reusable capability or tool that an AI system can call to perform a specific task (e.g., web search, code execution, image generation).
Agent: An autonomous AI system that perceives, reasons, plans, and uses skills/tools to achieve complex goals independently, often over multiple steps.
Using skills I can perform tasks that could automate many of the tools of an ecosystem of applications but even gain access to other tools that were not meant to work together. For example, using a Calendar with a Sport game data to make daily reports of who is playing that day (along with other reports like weather, holidays and birthdays). Here is where the ecosystem plays a great deal.
Imagine having Google's LLMS like Gemma4 work deeply with Android OS to perform tasks like battery saving mode, DND mode and other features that a n00b might even not know about. But even then, other Google products that went nowhere like Google Wallet and Google Sites might become more capable once the LLM work with those tools 'out of the box'.
To be honest, I think Google is not focused on rescuing dead projects or potential value added services. However, it is a chance for people that might want to take a deep dive into it.
Other ecosystems like the Apple, Amazon, or even Microsoft, but also the Open Source ecosystem stack. Still hold a similar potential to deliver services or workflows that are touched from different areas. From the old school LAMP stack, to the Linux Desktop platforms like KDE Gear or Gnome/GTK services, built up to web and other links from the MPC to the Desktop services like KDE Plasma services and Gnome Shell Extensions and tie it to home automation, not just music and entertainment. Extending the OS reach that your house send you notifications on your desktop could be a cool dream, or maybe a lame one, depending how you see it 🤣
