Gemini’s place as a preinstalled, default AI assistant on the Galaxy S25 came with a check attached.

If you’re using an Android phone, you’ve probably noticed that Google’s Gemini AI assistant seems to be popping up everywhere, the same way it’s been popping into Google Search, Docs, YouTube, etc. And this is true even if you aren’t using a Google-branded phone.

Alphabet is spending an "enormous sum of money" to keep its Gemini chatbot preinstalled on Samsung phones. According to Google's vice president of platforms and device