Google races to put Gemini at the center of Android before Apple’s AI reboot

An Android character is displayed in front of a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google is using its latest Android rollout to make Gemini less of a chatbot and more of an operating layer across the phone, browser, car and laptop, just weeks before Apple is expected to show its own Gemini-powered Apple Intelligence reboot at WWDC. …