The challenge between Google and Samsung for the control of the user experience on Android smartphones is enriched with a new, interesting chapter; After months of progressive integration of Gemini artificial intelligence in Pixel devices, the Mountain View company seems ready to introduce an unpublished functionality called Gemini Spaceperhaps destined to debut with the next Pixel 10 series.
But what exactly is it about? And why do many already speak of a possible direct response to the Samsung Now Bar?
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What is Gemini Space and what Samsung has to do with it
The first concrete reference to Gemini Space emerged in the Beta 1 version of Android 16 QPR1, where a new configuration file called Ambient date attracted the attention of the experts; It would be the name in the internal code of Gemini Space, who in turn could represent an evolution or a rebranding of the widget AT in Glance currently present on the pixels.
To support this thesis there are some code strings that emerged within the Android System Intelligence app, the same one that manages the intelligent contextual features of the pixels, in which references appear to financial summary and sporting resultstwo new information that could soon make their appearance within this new dynamic area of the interface.
Many of the clues collected in recent weeks suggest that Gemini Space could play a similar role, if not directly competitive, at Samsung’s Now Bar and Now Brief; For those who do not know them, these are two features that allow Galaxy devices to show contextual information in real time on the lock screen, in the form of discrete graphic elements or an fully screen summary.
And if it is true that AT in Glance already offers something similar in the pixel field, it is equally true that the experience offered is not yet comparable to the Samsung one, nor by level of integration or for information completeness; However, according to what emerged, Google could finally fill this gap, introducing Gemini Space as a real contextual hubcapable of providing environmental data and smart updates directly from the lock screen.
Next to the name Gemini Space, references have also emerged to Ambine huba possible new interface to view environmental data in a more interactive and visually rich way; Based on the association with existing functions such as Ambient Display and Always On Display, it is plausible that he sets up Hub serves to present Personalized information, visible at a glance and without unlocking the phone.
Gemini Space could therefore represent a new intelligent notification center, strongly linked to the context, enhanced by artificial intelligence and made even more useful thanks to the strategic position and the cross device support.
Although Gemini Space should officially debut with the Pixel 10 series, the launch of which is scheduled for the month of August, the references identified in the firmware suggest an at least partial retrococompatibility, the Ambient Data files are also present in the Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro firmware. recent, thus offering a new experience to a wider audience of users.
To date, the information on Gemini Space remains fragmentary and subject to changes, it is not excluded that the name can be modified, or that the functions imagined by Google do not fully correspond to what is hypothesized so far; What is certain is that the company is actively working to make the Pixel ecosystem increasingly intelligent, predictive and integrated with Gemini. We just have to wait to find out more.
