Google announced a slew of new AI features dubbed Gemini Intelligence at its Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday. These include the ability for AI to complete tasks across apps, browse the web, fill out forms, dictate speech, and even let you code your own Android widgets.
Gemini is getting stronger
The company had already introduced some dealer features, such as ordering food or booking a ride, on Gemini at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S26 earlier this year. There, Google announced that Gemini will soon be able to perform more complex tasks, such as reserving a bike in the front row for a spin class, finding a class syllabus in Gmail, and then searching for books on that topic.
Now Google’s AI assistant will be able to handle a multi-step process like copying a grocery list from your notes app and then adding items to the cart in your shopping app. To use this feature, you will press the phone’s power button and describe the task. Meanwhile, the content on the phone’s screen acts as a context for the assistant. Google noted that Gemini will wait for your final confirmation to complete checkout.
Additionally, a feature first introduced in January allowed Gemini to browse the web for you and complete tasks such as booking an appointment as part of an experimental rollout. Today, Google said this auto-browse feature is making its way to Android as well.
In late June, Android devices will also get Gemini in Chrome, an artificial intelligence feature that will help users summarize content or ask questions about what’s on the web page, similar to how Gemini works in Chrome on the PC.
Another small but useful addition is that Gemini will be able to fill out forms on your behalf after learning details about you through Personal Intelligence. (Google said this feature is enabled, and you can turn it off through settings at any time.)
Additionally, Gemini will come to Android’s Gboard keyboard. Google is taking advantage of Gemini’s multimodal capabilities by introducing a feature called Rambler to Gboard, which is similar to those found in other AI dictation apps. The feature will allow you to speak in your own tone, transcribe the speech and format it by removing filler words.
Vibe coding apps are accelerating, and Google wants to give Android users a taste of it.
The company introduces a way for users to create Android widgets by describing them in natural language. For example, users can create a meal planning widget using query text such as “Recommend three high-protein meal prep recipes each week.”
The idea of creating a widget is not original to Gemini. Notably, hardware startup Nothing also released a similar tool last year.
Google said Gemini Intelligence will follow the company’s expressive Material 3 design language in its features.
The company said these AI-powered features will first arrive on the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices this summer, and will be available on other Android devices later this year.
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