Google announces A2A (Agent2Agent) with 50+ partners

Announced A2A (Agent2Agent), with 50+ partners

Why it matters

Proposed a separate agent-to-agent layer and stated explicitly that it complements MCP

Source — Primary sources first; secondary reports are labelled “Press”

Officialdevelopers.googleblog.comhttps://developers.googleblog.com/en/a2a-a-new-era-of-agent-interoperability/

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