Google puts Gemini AI at the heart of Android, rolling out to Galaxy and Pixel phones this summer

Google said Tuesday that it is bringing “Gemini Intelligence” directly into Android, starting this summer on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones and then expanding later in 2026 to other Android devices, including watches, cars, glasses and laptops.

In a May 12 blog post on The Keyword, written by Mindy Brooks, Google’s vice president of product management, the company described the shift as moving Android “from an operating system into an intelligence system.” In practical terms, Google is positioning Android as a more proactive, agent-like platform that can carry out multi-step tasks across apps, while still asking users for final approval before completing an action.

The centerpiece of the announcement is multi-step automation. Google said it spent months fine-tuning those capabilities on the Galaxy S26 and Pixel 10, using food and rideshare apps as examples. The company said Gemini could, for example, turn a grocery list into a shopping cart or identify a tour from a photographed brochure and book it for a group. Google said Gemini can work in the background and send progress updates, but that users will still be asked for final confirmation.

Google is also extending Gemini’s role in browsing. “Starting in late June, Android devices will be getting a smarter browsing assistant for the web: Gemini in Chrome can help you research, summarize and compare content across the web,” the company said in the post. Google linked that addition to Chrome’s earlier “auto browse” features, which are designed to carry out web tasks in a more agent-like way. The Android announcement pushes that approach beyond the browser and into the operating system itself.

Another notable addition is an expansion of Autofill with Google through what the company calls Gemini’s Personal Intelligence. Google said that would let Android fill in more text fields across apps, including Chrome, not just standard login or payment prompts. The company said connecting Gemini to Autofill is strictly opt-in and can be turned on or off in settings.

Google also introduced two smaller features that show how broadly it wants Gemini woven into Android. One is “Rambler,” a new Gboard tool meant to turn casual speech into more polished text, including when a user mixes languages while speaking. Google said, “Rambler will clearly show you when you’ve enabled it to help convert your voice to text and audio is only used to transcribe in real-time and is not stored or saved.” The other is “Create My Widget,” which lets users describe a custom widget in natural language for phones and Wear OS watches.

The company said Gemini Intelligence will use an updated design language built on Material 3 Expressive, tying the AI features more tightly to Android’s broader interface. It also said the rollout will happen gradually. “Gemini Intelligence features will roll out in waves starting with the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel phones this summer, and will become available across your Android devices including your watch, car, glasses and laptops later this year,” the post said.

The announcement builds on Google’s broader effort to embed Gemini across its products. Google had already outlined Gemini in Chrome and “auto browse” earlier this year, and Tuesday’s Android update extends that strategy from web navigation into core system behavior.

It also arrives as the European Commission, the European Union’s executive arm and chief antitrust enforcer, examines how Google integrates its AI services into Android under the Digital Markets Act, a law aimed at limiting the power of large tech platforms. The commission opened proceedings earlier in 2026 and has specifically examined Google AI services such as Gemini.

For now, the key date is this summer, when Google says the first wave will reach its newest Samsung and Pixel phones, with broader expansion across Android devices to follow later this year.