{"id":250478,"date":"2026-05-20T11:25:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:30:10","slug":"gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Gemini Intelligence hardware requirements revealed \u2014 here&#8217;s which Samsung, Google, and other Android phones can run Create My Widget, Rambler, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/android\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more\">Gemini Intelligence hardware requirements revealed \u2014 here&#8217;s which Samsung, Google, and other Android phones can run Create My Widget, Rambler, and more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/android\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more\">https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/android\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-20 11:25:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.techradar.com\">www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul id=\"elk-2848c9a1-c04f-4cba-b4e2-76301811f7fb\">\n<li><strong>Gemini Intelligence has some demanding hardware requirements that mean most phones will be excluded from the new software<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The main issue is that devices must support Gemini Nano v3, but they also need at least 12GB of RAM, a &#8216;flagship&#8217; chipset, and more<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>That means the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S25 series, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Google Pixel 9 line probably won&#8217;t get Gemini Intelligence<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"elk-db3199db-2bbf-485e-b7d0-6165a94f8e77\">If you\u2019re looking forward to Gemini Intelligence, then hopefully you\u2019ve got a recent and high-end phone, because otherwise, you\u2019ll probably have to upgrade your device first.<\/p>\n<p>At the bottom of the official Gemini Intelligence page, Google states that its \u201cfeatures are only available on Android devices with the most advanced capabilities and spec requirements,\u201d with those requirements including 12GB or more of RAM, a \u201cflagship\u201d chipset, at least five years of operating system upgrades, and support for Gemini Nano v3 or higher, among other things.<\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-db3199db-2bbf-485e-b7d0-6165a94f8e77-2\">That&#8217;s a collectively limiting criterion, but as 9to5Google points out, Gemini Nano v3 support is the biggest barrier to entry, as it seems to be almost exclusively supported by 2026 phones.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"inline-flex items-center gap-1.5 text-sm font-article-heading capitalize leading-5 text-white whitespace-nowrap\"><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-mobile\"\/><span class=\"jwp-carousel-title-desktop\">Latest Videos From<\/span><span class=\"jwp-carousel-brand inline-flex items-center\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/media\/img\/techradar_logo_v2.svg\" alt=\"\" class=\"max-h-12 w-auto\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><br \/>\n        <span class=\"\n            flex\n            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]\n            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]\n            font-article-heading pb-0 text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,1em)] uppercase sm:text-[length:var(--article-river-title--font-size,0.875em)] font-bold\n        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<p>According to a Google developer page, Nano v3 only works on the following phones (all of which also have at least 12GB of RAM, and so can presumably run Gemini Intelligence):<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"some-major-absentees-3\">Some major absentees<\/h2>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8.jpg\" alt=\"Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 REVIEW\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-1200-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/9zsvuRMwgwoDFBaMdoevN8.jpg\" class=\"rounded-[var(--image--border-radius,0)] inline\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"caption-text\">The Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 doesn&#8217;t make the cut, despite being the latest model <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Lance Ulanoff \/ Future)<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-60b61a10-25cf-4f67-8515-c59893884ec7\">That means the entire Google Pixel 9 series is excluded, as is the Samsung Galaxy S25 line, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and numerous other quite recent and high-profile phones.<\/p>\n<p>Now, it\u2019s possible that software updates could bring Gemini Nano v3 support \u2014 and potentially therefore also Gemini Intelligence support \u2014 to some of these phones. But with the other requirements too, there aren\u2019t going to be a huge number&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/android\/gemini-intelligence-hardware-requirements-revealed-heres-which-samsung-google-and-other-android-phones-can-run-create-my-widget-rambler-and-more\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gemini Intelligence hardware requirements revealed \u2014 here&#8217;s which Samsung, Google, and other Android phones can&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":250479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/4WSxxyVG3f5XbrfKUeCpYU-2000-80.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[70,72,86],"class_list":["post-250478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-google","tag-pixel","tag-samsung"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250478"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250478"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":250480,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250478\/revisions\/250480"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}