Inteligencia Artificial (IA)
Google launches AI that controls mobile apps to order food or call a taxi without touching the phone.
Gianro Compagno
2026-03-08
5 min read
Imagine if your mobile could handle your daily tasks without you having to touch the screen? Ordering food, booking a taxi, or repeating your favorite order just with your voice. Artificial intelligence (AI) is about to make this a reality.
Google is working in this direction with its Google Gemini assistant, which is evolving into a true autonomous agent on the phone. The goal is for the AI not only to answer questions but also to perform specific actions within applications.
Although the technology is still in the experimental phase, it already hints at a radical change in how we interact with our smartphones. Instead of opening apps, navigating menus, and confirming manually, it will be enough to ask the mobile to do it for us.
The major innovation of Google Gemini is its ability to operate in the background. It is no longer limited to answering queries or generating text; it can open applications and complete processes that previously only the user could perform.
This means that the AI can follow steps within an app as if it were a person: searching for options, selecting a restaurant, or confirming a trip in transportation apps. Everything happens in a secure virtual window, where the assistant executes the task and the user can supervise or stop the process at any time.
A clear example of this automation is managing food orders or requesting transportation. With a simple voice command, the assistant opens the corresponding app, selects the usual order, or looks for a nearby vehicle—tasks we currently do manually that could soon be handled by AI.
The system analyzes factors such as availability, delivery times, or nearby cars before finalizing the task. The user only needs to confirm the result, turning the AI into a true personal manager within the mobile. Are we witnessing the future of personal assistants?
This advancement is just part of the transformation happening in the Android ecosystem, where AI seeks to connect all applications and reduce manual interaction. Google aims for artificial intelligence to be the layer that integrates and automates device usage.
For now, this feature is available on models like the Samsung Galaxy S26 and Google Pixel 10, and in countries like the United States and South Korea. However, all indications suggest that this type of automation will become increasingly common in the coming years.
If the trend continues, the change will be profound: the mobile will stop being just a collection of apps and will become an assistant that understands and resolves our needs. And the most interesting part is that this revolution has already begun.
Source: que.es