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AppWizard

December 10, 2024

Android 16 gets ready to let Gemini control everything from alarms to video (APK teardown)

Google has released the first developer preview of Android 16, introducing features aimed at enhancing user experience, including "app functions" that allow Gemini, Google's AI assistant, to perform actions within various applications. An APK teardown has revealed potential functionalities, such as creating alarms in Samsung Clock, deleting notes in Samsung Notes, and updating tasks in Samsung Reminders. The identified categories of tasks for Gemini include: - Browser: Create and find bookmarks, find tabs, get histories, show site, update bookmark. - Calendar: Create events, find and update events. - Camera: Scan documents, take photos. - Clock: Create alarms and timers, find and update alarms and timers. - Email: Create email drafts, find accounts and emails, send and update emails. - Files: Find files. - Maps: Get directions and find places. - Messages: Find and forward messages, reply and send messages. - Music: Create personal playlists, find music items. - Nearby Sharing: Find nearby devices, share files. - Notes: Create and find folders and notes. - Phone: Accept and make calls. - Photos: Create and find albums. - Tasks: Create and find task categories and tasks. The functionality of the "Types" category is unclear, and none of these functions are currently live. Further developments are expected as Android 16 progresses.

AppWizard

December 9, 2024

Gemini could soon become super powerful for Samsung apps with new extensions (APK teardown)

Gemini, the AI assistant on Android, is set for an upgrade with enhanced integration into Samsung applications, particularly through a new extension for Samsung Reminders. Evidence from the Samsung Reminders app suggests a connection to the upcoming App Functions feature in Android 16, allowing Gemini to perform tasks across Samsung apps like Clock, Notes, Reminders, and Calendar. An APK teardown revealed potential functionalities, including creating and managing tasks, reminders, alarms, notes, and events. A flag in the code indicates that system apps with the ASSISTANT role will have permissions to execute user commands within these applications. However, these features are not yet active and will depend on the stable release of Android 16 for full functionality.

AppWizard

November 23, 2024

Android 16 may let Gemini perform in-app actions like ordering food

Android 16 will enhance the integration of Google’s Gemini into smartphone interactions through a new API that allows Gemini to execute actions within various applications. The release of Android 16 DP1 has revealed new APIs introducing a feature called “app functions,” which are specific capabilities that applications offer to the system. An example provided is an ‘orderFood’ function, allowing users to command, “Hey, Google, open Mary Brown’s app and order food.” This development may change user engagement with Gemini upon Android 16's launch. Additionally, Google is advancing its Jarvis AI to assist with tasks like purchasing products and booking flights. Android 16 is set to launch earlier than ever, providing users with these innovative functionalities soon.