For the past two years, Google has mostly been framed around Gemini as a chatbot. From Gemini Live to Nano Banana, Gemini has proved to be a useful tool for users, even reaching the number one spot in Google play and app store.
But Google’s latest Android push, announced today at The Android Show: I/O Edition, suggests the company has bigger ambitions for Gemini. With the introduction of Gemini Intelligence, Google appears to be positioning its AI as more than an app you open — it’s becoming the intelligence layer running underneath Android itself.
This move underscores Google is rethinking Android as an AI-first operating system, which could be be one of the biggest shifts in Android’s history.
