Google tests Gemini AI assistant for Android phone setup

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Google is testing a Gemini-powered setup assistant for Android devices.

The assistant provides account-tailored recommendations, prompts based on on-screen content, and direct settings updates.

An “Ask Gemini” input bar is also prominently present, encouraging users to ask AI for help with anything.

Setting up a new Android phone can be an exercise in tedious tap-throughs: skipping endless prompts, toggling permissions, and hunting down essential setup steps you actually care about. Google looks to be working on a way to make that onboarding process significantly smarter and far less friction-heavy. Within Google Play Services v26.30.31 beta, we’ve discovered that Google is developing an AI-powered phone setup assistant, designed to offer account-tailored recommendations and real-time guidance when switching to a new Android device .

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