Your Android devices are getting several upgrades for free - including a big one for Auto

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Ahead of this Tuesday's Google I/O developer conference, wherever AI is expected to beryllium the prima of the show, Google unveiled a monolithic Gemini update connected its Android Show event, further expanding the AI assistant's availability crossed the Google ecosystem of devices.

Here's a rundown of the astir notable features coming to assorted products, from smartwatches to cars.

1. WearOS

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For starters, Google announced that Gemini volition beryllium coming to WearOS smartwatches aboriginal this year. This volition let users to instrumentality vantage of Gemini's conversational capabilities and speech to their watches naturally. The biggest vantage is that users tin instrumentality vantage of hands-free assistance without the assistance of their phones. 

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Some examples Google offers see mounting reminders, getting assistance erstwhile your hands are covered successful flour portion cooking, oregon successful the mediate of a workout. 

2. Android Auto

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Similarly, Android Auto's dependable adjunct is being upgraded to Gemini from Google Assistant, allowing for hands-free conversational assistance successful the car, too. Google suggests immoderate utile Gemini opportunities connected the road, including uncovering a destination done a circumstantial description, specified arsenic "a charging presumption connected the mode to the station bureau that's besides adjacent a park," and summarizing and adjacent translating your substance messages. 

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Because Gemini Live tin person multi-turn conversations with users, you tin besides usage it to conscionable chat astir existent events, get a personalized quality digest, oregon get the reply to immoderate burning question connected your mind. This update is besides coming soon. According to Google, Gemini volition beryllium disposable connected Android Auto successful the coming months, followed by cars with Google built-in. 

3. Gemini connected TV

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You guessed it: Gemini volition besides beryllium disposable connected your Google TV aboriginal this year, making the aforesaid conversational capabilities disposable connected the biggest surface successful your home. Beyond the Gemini assistance it typically gives, Gemini tin besides assistance with TV recommendations, specified arsenic uncovering the champion contented to ticker that suits circumstantial criteria. 

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I had the accidental to demo this acquisition at CES 2025 and was impressed with however overmuch much adjuvant a dependable adjunct connected your TV is erstwhile it tin usage conversational presumption alternatively of keywords. In my demo, the dependable adjunct asked to spot movies similar Jurassic Park, but for kids, and Gemini instantly showed results. 

4. Gemini with Android XR

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Google is besides launching a caller level built successful collaboration with Samsung that combines Gemini with Android XR, Google's operating level for extended world devices (XR) specified arsenic headsets. 

When Samsung's first headset launches aboriginal this year, Gemini volition beryllium capable to connection users its precocious assistance portion besides taking vantage of the XR element, surrounding them with adjuvant content. According to Google, the caller level volition besides beryllium utilized connected aboriginal devices, including headsets, glasses, and everything successful between. 

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