By Samuel Gibbs
Publication Date: 2026-05-12 17:00:00
Google has announced a range of features coming to Android phones this year, including a new Gemini Intelligence AI system and a tool to help users avoid distracting apps.
Revealed in a livestreamed “Android Show” event, the free upgrades are scheduled to arrive in waves over the next year for high-end new and old phones alike, including Samsung and Pixel devices. Google also revealed that a new lineup of laptops will arrive in the autumn.
Gemini Intelligence
Gemini Intelligence will combine the company’s top AI tools into one system aimed at being more proactively useful.
It will be able to automate tasks by directly interacting with the apps already on a phone. This could include selecting and ordering a takeaway, turning a grocery list into a shopping basket ready for delivery, or finding a class book list in an email and ordering the right texts. Gemini will queue up…
