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Utilize Computer Use Features for Navigating Complex Software Tasks

Automate software navigation and UI tasks with computer-use models.

Use Gemini 3.5 Flash to control your computer's interface for navigating menus and executing cross-app workflows.

Google Gemini

The Scenario

You are working with a complex enterprise software and need to perform a repetitive task or find a specific function hidden in the menus. Instead of searching, you want the AI to handle the navigation.

Before & after

The old way

Manually navigating a new software interface or finding a specific buried setting can take 5–10 minutes of clicking and searching.

With AI

With Gemini 3.5 Flash's computer use capabilities, the AI can navigate software icons and menus for you in under 1 minute.

The Prompt

I need to [TASK, E.G., FIND THE REVENUE DATA IN THE ACCOUNTING SOFTWARE AND EXPORT IT TO A CSV]. Use my computer to navigate the app and complete this.

Computer use capabilities allow Gemini to interact with your operating system and applications directly to execute tasks.

Source

Official Gemini news and updates | Google Blog
"Introducing computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash"