Bad news for Android phone owners – your device might not be powerful enough for Google’s new features

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Gemini Intelligence might only run on the latest devices due to its hardware requirements.

In the details that Google supplies, a flagship chip, 12GB+ or RAM and more is needed to use the latest Android features.

Google’s fancy new Gemini Intelligence might not work on older or lower power phones, after the hardware requirements for the new feature was revealed.

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Gemini Intelligence was revealed during The Android Show recently, outlining a version of Gemini with greater agentic powers, with new features such as the ability to create custom widgets on command.

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While the new features sound impressive, it looks like the demands on the hardware to run this level of AI is higher than anticipated – and perhaps explains Google’s leaning towards NPU power on its chips rather than just raw compute and graphical power.

Uncovered by 9to5Google, the Gemini Intelligence page includes a footnote that says: “Gemini Intelligence features are only available on Android devices with the most advanced capabilities and spec requirements”.

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The list then goes on to detail that the hardware must include: AI Core and Nano V3 models; top level media performance including HDR and special audio; 12GB+ RAM; Flagship chip; at least five OS updates and six security updates, and more.

That’s a list that suits some of the top Android brands – like Google – but will leave some of the cheaper providers without access to Gemini’s features.

There’s two things here: firstly, support for Nano V3 is currently limited to the most recent…

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