Google equips Android with Gemini Intelligence, its proactive multi-device AI layer

Google equips Android with Gemini Intelligence, a multi-device AI layer launching this summer on Samsung Galaxy and Pixel to automate complex multi-step tasks.

Google is evolving Android with Gemini Intelligence, a software layer set to transform the OS into an "intelligence system." Deployment begins this summer on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices, before a gradual expansion to Android-powered watches, cars, glasses, and computers by the end of the year.

The core component is the automation of multi-step tasks across applications: Gemini can chain together reservations, Gmail searches, and shopping cart creation, initiated by a long press on the power button that captures the screen as context or a real-world photo used as input. Gemini in Chrome arrives late June with page search, summarization, and comparison, complemented by a Chrome auto-browse mode for common tasks. Google's Autofill is enhanced with personal Gemini intelligence, strictly opt-in, capable of filling complex forms using connected applications.

For input, Rambler converts voice to text by cleaning up hesitations and repetitions, with multilingual support within a single message and audio not retained. Create My Widget also introduces a first generative UI component: a personalized widget is built through a simple natural language description, on smartphones as well as Wear OS watches. The entire suite relies on an update to the Material 3 Expressive design.