ByEwan Spence,
Senior Contributor.
Taking a look back at this week’s news and headlines across the Android world, including updates to Gemini AI, Pixel satellite support in Europe, Samsung’s 2026 Galaxy plans, Exynos challenges Snapdragon, Honor teases robot phone, Google’s new image ribbon and Android’s AirDrop surprise.
Android Circuit is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Android in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Apple news here on Forbes.
While it might not specifically call out smartphones, the introduction of the third major version of Google’s AI platform, Gemini, will be reflected through several Android applications, both directly through Google’s own applications, but also indirectly, as the Gemini platform is open to developers:
