Gemini learned to order food and call taxis for you — first impressions

Gemini is truly taking the phone into its own hands for the first time — and it's worth seeing, even if it's far from perfect right now. Google has launched a beta task automation feature in Gemini on two flagship devices — Pixel 10 Pro and Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra. The premise is simple: you tell the assistant "order me a pizza" or "call a taxi," and Gemini itself opens the right app, fills out the form, and completes the order.

No taps, no confirmation screens — the AI acts on your behalf. For now, the list of supported services is tiny: a few food delivery apps and taxi aggregators. The feature is in beta testing, works slower than desired, and periodically stumbles on minor details.

A journalist from The Verge who tested both devices admits honestly: it doesn't solve any real problems you face in everyday smartphone use. But that's exactly why the reaction "this is impressive" doesn't seem like an exaggeration. All the major tech companies have shown something similar on stage — agents that control interfaces on their own, book tables, complete purchases.

The difference is that Gemini does this right now, on a real device, with real apps. Not a demo, not a laboratory prototype. Google is following the path that Apple tried to forge with enhanced Siri, then with Apple Intelligence — with mixed success.

The Android ecosystem gives Gemini an advantage: a more open architecture allows AI to integrate more deeply into third-party apps. Samsung and Google appear to be coordinating efforts — both flagships received the feature simultaneously. We're still far from a future where an AI assistant fully takes over smartphone routine tasks.

Speed, reliability, app coverage — all of this remains to be refined. But the direction is clear: the next stage of smartphone competition will unfold not in hardware and not in cameras, but in how intelligently AI can act on your behalf.