One of its promises for the smarter Siri we’ll supposedly get in iOS 18 is that it will be able to take action in apps for you. By updating its app intents framework, Apple has created a way for developers to expose “order food”-type functions to Siri.

First up, as reported by Android Authority, there are new APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) in the developer preview of Android 16 that could give Gemini more control over what's happening inside other apps on your device.

Even back when Gemini was simply called Bard, we had the notion that Google Assistant was on life support. Now that Google has massaged Gemini into Android’s very core, we know that it will sunset Assistant sooner or later. Well, Android 16 might make Gemini much more of an assistant than Google Assistant.

Another key Gemini feature first unveiled at I/O is Gemini Live. The tool, which lives inside the Gemini app (which recently arrived on iOS ), is a conversational AI assistant with natural-sounding spoken dialogue capabilities. Now, it looks like Gemini's 'Ask about' on-screen contextual abilities and Gemini Live are coming together.

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The powerful AI is integrated everywhere, and it is even the default voice assistant on many of the latest Android phones. But so far, it has lacked th