Google just announced quite a few updates to Gemini and is partnering with Samsung to bring these features at scale with the Galaxy S25. And, to no surprise, it's rolling out to Pixel 9 series and soon to older Pixel devices such as the Pixel 6.

One thing I want to point out, though, is how, just 7 months ago, I was considering switching to an iPhone because of Apple Intelligence. You see, when Apple performed their tech infomercial at WWDC, showcasing Apple Intelligence, I was smitten. On cloud nine, envisioning two things: 1. There's no way Android would be able to replicate Apple's AI cohesiveness across the entire mobile OS and 2. Me walking into my carrier's retail store to purchase the latest iPhone 16 that would come with all of the Apple Intelligence features that was announced at WWDC. Wild what can change in 7 months.

During that 7 months, news got out that not only is the iPhone 16 not getting all of those Apple Intelligence features on day one, but it'll be a whole six to twelve months before all of those features will be available. Maybe I missed that part of the WWDC infomercial, but I'm not alone in that brief misunderstanding.

But then, the tides turned. Google swooped in with Gemini, and suddenly the AI landscape shifted dramatically. Fast-forwarding to today, just about everything that I was excited about in Apple Intelligence that still isn't out, not even on the latest iPhone, is currently available on Android with Gemini, specifically Pixel 9 Pro. One of the highlighting features is multi-extensions — the ability to prompt Gemini to do multiple things simultaneously.

For example, and this just happened a few hours ago, I received an updated note about a wedding my wife, Fatima, and I are going to this Saturday, confirming the location of where the reception is going to be held and what time. It was a pretty lengthy note that would've taken me multiple swipes back and forth between the Messages app, the wedding note, copying back and forth and vice versa to relay the message to my wife. Instead, all I did was prompt Gemini with the wedding note in its entirety and vocally told Gemini, "Summarize this wedding note, send it to my wife, letting her know that I received this from our friends, and add the reception on my calendar." And, in one swoop, it did all three of those things. Summarized the wedding note, created a text to Fatima that prompted me to confirm with a simple, "Yes", and added the reception event with the location and correct time on my Google Calendar. Truly a marvelous experience.

To really grasp how seamlessly this all works, take a look at this…

There are quite a few other features that Google announced during Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event, but this one truly confirmed to me that I made the right decision sticking with my Google Pixel and not getting an iPhone this year. Maybe Apple can magically pull a MacBook Air out of a dossier (hope you get that reference) and change my mind. Probably not.