Google Launches Model Context Protocol Support, Connecting AI Agents to Maps, BigQuery, and Cloud Services
Summary
Google launches Model Context Protocol support, enabling AI agents to directly access Google Maps, BigQuery, and Cloud services through unified APIs, with plans to expand to additional cloud platforms in coming months.
Key Points
- Google announces official Model Context Protocol (MCP) support for Google services, providing fully-managed remote MCP servers that connect AI agents to Google and Google Cloud services through a unified API layer
- Initial MCP support launches for Google Maps (location and travel queries), BigQuery (enterprise data analysis), Google Compute Engine (infrastructure management), and Google Kubernetes Engine (container operations)
- Google plans to expand MCP support to additional services including Cloud Run, Cloud Storage, AlloyDB, Cloud SQL, Spanner, and Google Security Operations in the coming months