Gemini Live within the standalone Gemini app on smartphones is an easy-to-use conversational AI assistant with natural-sounding spoken dialogue capabilities. It allows users to directly talk to the AI assistant without the need to type out queries.

Newly uncovered code suggests that the next major release of Android will finally let Google’s Gemini AI perform functions within apps, rather than just

Android 16 might introduce a new API allowing Gemini to control apps directly, such as booking flights or ordering food. Recent developer docs in Android 16 DP1 suggest a new method of app functions integrated into system features.

When Google launched Gemini for Android, we all thought the fantasy of a generative AI assistant on our phones had finally come true. However, Google gave us a half-baked assistant experience that has,