Google’s new Pixel 11 puts Gemini at center of AI phone battle with Apple

Google launched its new Pixel 11 smartphone lineup featuring Gemini Intelligence, a suite of AI features that can understand what users are doing on their phone and take actions across different apps, such as checking calendar availability or starting restaurant reservations. This puts Google in direct competition with Apple, which is rebuilding its Siri voice assistant using Google's Gemini models. Google executives argue that Pixel's deeper integration of AI into Android's operating system and exclusive features like scam detection distinguish their approach from Apple's implementation.