Your Android phone is about to get a lot smarter as Google announces major free upgrade

New updates from Google mean that your Android phone could be about to get a lot smarter.

This comes after the tech giant announced that a major free upgrade was on the way for its users.

A range of new Google features will soon be made available including a new Gemini Intelligence AI system.

This was revealed during Google’s livestreamed Android Show event, which confirmed that many of the new features will roll out to both newer and older premium Android phones, including devices made by Samsung and Pixel.

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What will the Gemini Intelligence upgrade bring to Android?

As for Gemini Intelligence, the AI-powered system is designed to make devices more proactive and helpful, and the new features purport to do just that.

Rather than simply responding to commands, the software will be able to carry out tasks directly inside apps already installed on a user’s device.

According to Google, the feature could handle things like ordering takeout, turning a grocery list into an online shopping basket ready for checkout, or even finding a school book list buried in emails before automatically locating the correct textbooks online.

The AI will reportedly prepare everything before asking users for final approval.

Other new Google features for Android phones

This isn’t the only new feature coming to Android, as Google announced more including Pause Point.

This addition is aimed at helping people spend less time endlessly scrolling through distracting apps.

If users open an app they have marked as distracting, Android will interrupt them with prompts suggesting breathing exercises, favourite photos or alternative apps considered more productive. App timers can also be used to limit screen time.

Google has announced upgrades for Android devices (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)