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Amanda Caswell

Google is secretly phasing out Android apps — and AI is the reason why

Galaxy Z Fold 8 render next to Galaxy Z Fold Wide render.

Earlier this week, during the Android Show, Google announced the company is rolling out a feature called “Contextual suggestions” that allows Android devices to proactively recommend actions based on your habits, routines and real-world behavior.

Powered by Google’s broader Gemini Intelligence system, the feature could do things like suggest your workout playlist when you arrive at the gym or prompt you to cast a sports game around your usual viewing time.

Google appears to be transforming Android from an operating system you control manually into one that increasingly anticipates what you want before you ask. Essentially making this one of the biggest shifts in smartphone computing since the rise of voice assistants.

Android is becoming proactive instead of reactive

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