Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot
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- Meanwhile, Gemini is powering part of Apple's new AI strategy, giving Google a role in the iPhone maker's reset even as it races to prove its own version of personal AI on the phone is further along.
- Sameer Samat, who oversees Google's Android ecosystem, told CNBC that Google is rebuilding parts of Android around Gemini Intelligence to help users complete everyday tasks more easily.
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Google is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop, just weeks before Apple is expected to show its own Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence reboot at WWDC.
Ahead of its Google I/O developer conference next week, the company previewed a number of Android updates, including AI-powered app automation, a smarter version of Chrome on Android, new tools for creators, a redesigned Android Auto experience, and a sweeping set of new security features.