MCP Connects Agents to Tools. A2A Connects Agents to Each Other. Here's Why That Distinction Changes Everything
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This is a submission for the Google Cloud NEXT Writing Challenge I've spent the past week digging into every major announcement from Google Cloud NEXT '26. Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform. TPU v8. ADK v1.0 stable. Project Mariner. There's a lot to love. But one thing kept nagging me: everyone is building multi-agent systems without actually understanding the communication layer underneath them.