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James Rogerson

Yes, Google used an iPhone (not a Pixel) to demo Gemini Spark at Google I/O — but that actually makes perfect sense

Goole IO 2026 screenshot.
  • Google demonstrated Gemini Spark on an iPhone 17 Pro during Google I/O 2026
  • Macs were also used during the keynote
  • This probably wasn't an accident though, as Apple users make up a high percentage of potential customers for Google

If you tuned in to the Google I/O keynote yesterday, you might have noticed that, during a demo of Gemini Spark, an iPhone 17 Pro was used rather than a Google Pixel or any other Android phone. That might seem odd, but this almost certainly wasn’t an accident or an oversight.

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