Page background

    Google Gemini 2.5 Computer Use: What Anchor Sprint Can Build with Browser-Native AI Agents

    Home / Blog / Google Gemini 2.5 Computer Use: What Anchor Sprint Can Build with Browser-Native AI Agents
    October 8, 2025AI AgentsAutomationAnchor Sprint

    Summary (2-minute read): Google introduced Gemini 2.5 Computer Use, an AI agent that observes screenshots, chooses from 13 UI actions, and completes web and Android tasks like a human operator. The launch promises faster execution than Claude or ChatGPT on interface-control benchmarks, offers preview access through Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, and ships with guardrails that let teams specify which domains and actions stay in bounds (Times of India).

    Google signage at the company's Mountain View campus

    Photo by Mitchell Luo on Unsplash.


    What Google just launched

    • Human-style UI control: Gemini 2.5 Computer Use reads screenshots, understands user intent, and executes 13 supported actions—opening browsers, typing, dragging, dropping, and navigating URLs—without requiring bespoke APIs.
    • Continuous loop execution: After each action the model receives a refreshed screenshot and action history, letting it iterate until the task completes. This is what makes multi-step browser automation possible.
    • Benchmarked speed: Google reports the model beating Claude and ChatGPT on web and Android control tests, with early partners seeing up to 50% faster execution and 18% gains on complex data parsing workloads.
    • Operational proof points: Google’s internal payments team already uses the agent to restore more than 60% of previously failing UI tests, and Browserbase hosts a live demo where the agent plays 2048 or navigates Hacker News.
    • Availability and guardrails: The preview is live in Google AI Studio and Vertex AI, and developers can whitelist domains plus require approvals before the agent completes high-risk steps.

    Why it matters for Malaysian organisations

    1. Legacy UI resilience: Many government-linked companies and regulated enterprises still rely on web portals with limited APIs. Gemini 2.5 Computer Use offers a compliant way to automate those interfaces while we plan long-term modernisation.
    2. Faster change response: Browser-native agents can keep up with policy and tariff updates by navigating forms and uploading documents the day they change, cutting turnaround time for compliance-heavy tasks.
    3. Bridging workforce gaps: Malaysia’s talent crunch in advanced automation makes it difficult to scale manual operations. Gemini-powered copilots help back-office teams manage higher transaction volumes without linear headcount growth.

    Anchor Sprint use cases unlocked by Gemini 2.5 Computer Use

    1. Autonomous digital operations hubs

    • Claims and licensing workflows: Let an agent log into ministry portals, validate data, and submit applications with screenshot evidence for audit trails.
    • Procurement reconciliations: Automatically download supplier invoices from fragmented vendor portals, cross-check totals, and push structured entries into ERP systems.
    • Shared browser workspaces: Deploy Browserbase-style sandboxes so cross-functional teams can watch the agent progress in real time and approve escalations mid-run.

    2. Customer experience augmentation

    • Multi-channel service desks: When CRM plugins are unavailable, agents can triage WhatsApp web queries, update ticketing tools, and trigger follow-up emails directly in the browser.
    • Hyper-personalised onboarding: Embed the agent in onboarding microsites to walk customers through document uploads, highlight missing information, and escalate only when human judgement is required.
    • Proactive knowledge updates: Use the agent to capture changes from partner portals, push updates into knowledge bases, and surface the latest guidance for frontline staff.

    3. Quality assurance and resilience engineering

    • Self-healing UI tests: Mirror Google’s internal practice by letting Gemini rerun E2E test cases, capture new screenshots when selectors break, and patch locators automatically.
    • Regression watchtowers: Schedule agents to sweep through mission-critical journeys (payments, account changes, compliance submissions) every night and alert teams when layout shifts or content drifts appear.
    • Benchmark telemetry: Instrument every run with latency and success metrics so operations leads can see whether Gemini maintains the 50% speed gains Google’s partners reported.

    Implementation roadmap we recommend

    1. Discovery and risk framing: Catalogue the browser tasks you want to automate, rank them by business impact, and define guardrails (allowed domains, data handling policies, human-in-the-loop checkpoints).
    2. Pilot with synthetic data: Start inside a sandbox using masked or synthetic data to verify that the agent handles branching logic, fallback states, and error recovery gracefully.
    3. Integrate observability: Instrument the automation with structured logs, video replays, and performance metrics so compliance teams can review every action.
    4. Scale with governance: Once production-ready, create an approval matrix, rotate API keys, and couple the agent with identity access management so the automation inherits least-privilege controls.

    Responsible adoption considerations

    • Security posture: Anchor Sprint pairs Gemini agents with secure credential vaults and session isolation, ensuring that browser automation does not leak sensitive user data.
    • Ethical guardrails: We embed policy checks to prevent agents from initiating destructive actions (mass deletions, financial transfers) without human validation.
    • Human oversight: Frontline teams receive dashboards that explain the agent’s intent, completed steps, and any open questions requiring intervention.

    Anchor Sprint is ready to help you evaluate Gemini 2.5 Computer Use for your automation agenda—from discovery workshops to production deployment.

    Explore Gemini-Powered Automation

    Book a consultation to see how Anchor Sprint can deploy Gemini 2.5 Computer Use agents across your mission-critical web workflows.