Gemini App Implements ‘Extended’ Level of Thinking

Ahead of I/O 2026, Google continues to roll out Gemini app features, and some users are now seeing a “Level of Thinking” option.

In the model selector, you’ll see a new “Thinking Level” menu at the bottom of the sheet. This only appears when selecting Fast (Gemini 3 Flash) or Gemini 3.1 Pro, with Thinking excluded. Your options are “Standard” and “Extended.”

So far, Thinking Level is experiencing a limited rollout. This matches how Google AI Studio offers low, medium, and high levels of thinking.

Meanwhile, the Gemini app is preparing to add more integrations with third-party apps. At the moment, third-party apps include @GitHub, @OpenStax, @Spotify, and @WhatsApp.

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Support documents show that @Canva, @Instacart and @OpenTable are coming. This is not yet implemented.

canva

You can streamline your creative workflow, from generating design ideas in Gemini Apps to managing assets and collaborating on projects in Canva. When you connect Canva to Gemini Apps, you can ask Gemini to help you:

This productivity tool allows you to:

• Create new designs according to your instructions
• Access your designs, templates and project files
• Move resources between different folders
• List and respond to comments on designs.
• Generate images in Gemini and edit them in Canva

Example messages include:

• Use the Canva app to create a design for a wedding invitation. The theme is rustic with a color palette of dusty pink and sage green.
• Generate an image of a cat riding a unicorn and use it to generate a business card design in Canva.
• Look for Canva sheets that mention “budget forecasting.”
• Can you create a new folder in Canva called “Q4 Marketing Assets”?
• Reply to the comment that says “Font is too small” in “Company History” with “Increased font size.”
• How many total pages does the “Employee Engagement Survey” Canva document have?
• @Canva, move the “Quarterly Review” presentation to the “Executive/Final” folder.

instacart

You can check the availability of groceries and household items in stores and add items directly to your Instacart shopping cart with Gemini Apps.

Your message can specify “which store you want to shop at and the version of the product you want to add to your cart,” while your “default saved address on Instacart is used to find nearby stores.” Example messages include:

• I want to do this. Can you add all the ingredients to my Instacart?
• Add bananas, oats, almond milk, and protein powder to my Instacart.
• What stores nearby sell vegan cheese?
• Find a good chicken noodle soup recipe and add all the ingredients to my cart.

Open table

You can ask Gemini Apps to help you find, book, and manage restaurant reservations on OpenTable. To do this, Gemini Apps uses Book with Google to check availability and complete your reservations with OpenTable.

Capabilities include:

• Check restaurant availability
• Book, change and cancel reservations
• Check your existing reservations

Available indications include:

Check availability and book reservation

• Check if (restaurant name) has a table for 2 around 7:30 pm and book it if they do.
• I feel like Mexican food near me. Find something good with availability for 3 in the next hour and book the best option.
• I need to find a restaurant that can seat 8 people for dinner next Friday, that is a good place for a celebration, and that maybe has meat or seafood. Let me know what’s available after 7 pm
• Reserve the second restaurant.
• Add this to my Google Calendar and remind me to text the family tomorrow.

Cancel reservations

• What OpenTable reservations do I have for Saturday?
  • Can the lunch reservation be canceled?
• I can’t come to dinner tonight. Please cancel the reservation for me.