AINov 11, 2026, 4:45 PM UTC·2 min read

Adobe Firefly AI Assistant Gets Always-On Background Agents

At Adobe Max, the company announced always-on agents for the Firefly AI Assistant, due in beta in early 2027, plus a wider partnership with Google.

Adobe Firefly AI Assistant dashboard showing a background agent tracking progress on a video project. — Image: GSMArena.com

Adobe is bringing always-on agents to its Firefly AI Assistant, with a beta planned for early 2027. The company announced the feature at its Max conference in Miami Beach, alongside an expanded partnership with Google.

The agents are meant to keep working when you step away. You pick a pre-defined agent built for a specific creative workflow, customize it, set a goal and review its plan before it starts. From there, the agent runs in the background, decides when to repeat tasks, learns your preferences from feedback and checks in when it needs a decision or approval.

Adobe's example is a multi-week video project. The agent would organize incoming footage, remove duplicate clips and flag camera shake or audio problems for human review. A central dashboard in Firefly shows progress and lets you approve the work.

More control in Firefly

The assistant also gains Plan Mode, which lets you review, edit and approve the agent's plan, or simply let it run on its own. A new Model Selector includes an Auto-Select option. Users can also set formats, colors, brand guidelines, characters and products once and apply them across all projects.

Deeper Google ties

Acrobat will soon arrive in Google Workspace through Google Drive and Gmail, appearing as a suggested app with an "Edit with" option in file previews. Adobe will add Google's AI models to those powering Acrobat's AI features, expand its connectors in Gemini and Gemini Enterprise with Acrobat and more creative tools, and bring its creative tools to AI Mode in Google Search.

Adobe customers can already use Google models such as Gemini Omni, Veo and Nano Banana. The companies say Google's latest image and video models will keep arriving in Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere and Adobe Express. Adobe and Google DeepMind are also exploring a customized Google image model for Photoshop that could enable near-real-time edits.

Neither company has said when any of the Google integrations will go live.

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