Android's big leap is from apps to agents

About this episode

Sameer Samat discusses the transformation of Android from an app-centric model to an AI-driven intelligence system.

The smartphone has been built around apps and taps for nearly two decades. Google thinks AI will fundamentally change that. In this episode of The Deep View Conversations, we talked with Sameer Samat, president of Android ecosystem at Google, about what the company means when it says it's transforming Android from an operating system into an intelligence system. Samat explains why the next generation of computing could shift us from micromanaging our devices to simply telling them what we want to accomplish. We dig into how AI agents could navigate apps and complete multistep tasks and why those agents need to follow us across phones, computers, cars, watches and glasses. And what happens to the app-centric model that has defined smartphones for the past 15 years? We also get into some of the practical ways this is already taking shape. Samat discusses Google’s app automations and Rambler, the new Google Keyboard experience that can turn your voice brain-dumps into polished text. He also explains how Google is thinking about permissions, sandboxing and human oversight as AI agents gain the ability to take action on our behalf. The conversation goes well beyond the phone. We talk…

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Host: The Deep View

Guest: Sameer Samat

Topics covered

• AI agents
• Android transformation
• smartphone evolution
• app automation
• multistep tasks
• user interface
• permissions and oversight

Keywords

• AI
• Android
• smartphones
• Google
• app automation
• multistep tasks
• user interface
• permissions
• smart glasses
• Rambler

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google

Products: Android, Google Keyboard, Rambler, Google Glass

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