By @androidcentral
Publication Date: 2025-12-27 16:04:00
While Google took 2025 to set up the stage for people to care about AI, in 2026, the company needs to harness the momentum and seal the deal. Next year will need to be the year Google makes people care about AI when they’re buying a new phone.
And while it’s not all about AI, it’s going to be what Google needs to rely on to push the needle on smartphones, which seemingly are becoming boring by the year, with nothing to really excite a lot of people.
2026: the year AI becomes ubiquitous and accessible
I’m saying it now, but Google will fail if it takes 20 years to position Gemini as a unified experience that will power AI across all platforms as it did with Google Workspace.
While Google Workspace is probably the most popular and most used office suite, it took the company literally 20 years to have something absolutely flushed out, unified, and perfect to compete with the likes of Microsoft Office.
Granted,…
