【AI前沿】Google brings agentic AI and vibe-coded widgets to Android

Google announced a number of new Gemini Intelligence-branded AI features at its Android Show: I/O Edition event on Tuesday. These include the ability for AI to complete tasks across apps, browse the web, fill out forms, dictate speech, and even allow you to vibe-code your own Android widgets.Gemini gets more powerfulThe company had already introduced some agentic capabilities, such as ordering food or booking a ride, toGemini at the Samsung Galaxy S26 launch earlier this year. There, Google announced that Gemini would soon be able to perform more complex tasks, like booking a front-row bike for a spin class, finding a class syllabus in Gmail, and then searching for books related to that topic.Image Credits:GoogleNow Google’s AI assistant will be able to handle a multistep process, like copying a grocery list from your notes app, then adding items to the cart in your shopping app. To use this feature, you’ll press the phone’s power button and describe the task. Meanwhile, the content on the phone’s screen acts as the context for the assistant. Google noted that Gemini will wait for your final confirmation to complete the checkout.Loading the player…In addition, a feature first introduced in January had allowedGemini to browse the web for you and complete tasks like booking an appointment, as part of an experimental rollout. Today, Google said this auto-browse feature is making its way to Android, too.In late June, Android devices will also get Gemini in Chrome, an AI feature that will help users summarize content or ask questions about what is on the web page, similar to how Gemini in Chrome works on the desktop.Another small but useful addition is that Gemini will be able to fill out forms on your behalf after learning details about you throughPersonal Intelligence. (Google said this feature is opt-in, and you can turn it off via settings anytime.)Plus, Gemini will come to Android’s Gboard keyboard. Google is using Gemini’s multimodal capabilities by introducinga feature called Rambler in Gboard, which is similar to those found in other AI-powered dictation apps. The feature will let you speak in your own tone, transcribe the speech, and format it by removing filler words.Image Credits:Google (screenshot)Vibe-code your own Android widgetsVibe-coding apps are picking up pace, and Google wants to give Android users a taste of this, too.The company is introducing a way for users tobuild Android widgets by describing them in natural language. For example, users can build a meal-planning widget using query text like, “Suggest three high-protein meal prep recipes every week.“Image Credits:Google (screenshot)The idea of creating a widget is not novel to Gemini. Notably, the hardware startup Nothing also releaseda similar tool last year.Google said that Gemini Intelligence will follow the company’s Material 3 expressive design language in its features.The company said that these AI-powered features will first make their way to the latest Samsung Galaxy and Google Pixel devices this summer and will be available across other Android devices later this year.TopicsAI,Apps,Chrome,gemini,Google,vibe codingWhen you purchase through links in our articles,we may earn a small commission. This doesn’t affect our editorial independence.Ivan MehtaIvan covers global consumer tech developments at TechCrunch. He is based out of India and has previously worked at publications including Huffington Post and The Next Web.You can contact or verify outreach from Ivan by [email protected] via encrypted message at ivan.42 on Signal.View BioMay 27Athens, GreeceStrictlyVC Athens is up next. Hear unfiltered insights straight from Europe’s tech leaders and connect with the people shaping what’s ahead. Lock in your spot before it’s gone.REGISTER NOWMost PopularFintech startup Parker files for bankruptcyAnthony HaLaid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.Julie BortSan Francisco’s housing market has lost its mindConnie LoizosUS defense contractor who sold hacking tools to Russian broker ordered to pay $10M to former employersLorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiHackers deface school login pages after claiming another Instructure hackLorenzo Franceschi-BicchieraiZack WhittakerGoogle unveils Whoop-like screenless Fitbit AirAisha MalikFive architects of the AI economy explain where the wheels are coming offConnie Loizos