Gemini has a new trick up its sleeve with agentic task automation, with the AI able to use an app on your behalf to perform certain tasks, and it’s now live on the Galaxy S26 series.
Rolling out now to the Galaxy S26 series, Gemini task automation – also referred to as “screen automation” – hands control over certain Android apps to your AI assistant. We got a preview of this when the feature was announced alongside Samsung’s new phones, but now it’s actually live and working.
In testing Gemini task automation out on Galaxy S26 Ultra, we were able to ask for Gemini to “order a spicy chicken sandwich from Popeye’s on Uber Eats” and, as expected, automation took over and started the process in the background. Gemini will add items to your cart, but it won’t finalize checkout. When it reaches that point, it’ll send a notification (including a strong vibration) and hand the controls
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