- Gemini Intelligence has some demanding hardware requirements that mean most phones will be excluded from the new software.
- The main issue is that devices must support Gemini Nano v3, but also need at least 12GB of RAM, a “flagship” chipset, and more.
- That means the Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, and Google Pixel 9 series models probably won’t get Gemini Intelligence.
If you’re hoping for Gemini Intelligence, then hopefully you have a recent, high-end phone, because if not, you’ll probably have to upgrade your device first.
At the bottom of the official Gemini Intelligence page, Google states that its “features are only available on Android devices with the most advanced capabilities and specification requirements,” and those requirements include 12GB or more of RAM, a “flagship” chipset, at least five years of OS updates, and support for Gemini Nano v3 or higher, among other things.
That’s a collectively limiting criterion, but as 9to5Google points out, Gemini Nano v3 support is the biggest barrier to entry, as it appears to be supported almost exclusively on 2026 phones.
According to a Google developer page, Nano v3 only works on the following phones (all of which also have at least 12GB of RAM and can therefore presumably run Gemini Intelligence):
Some important absences
That means the entire Google Pixel 9 series is excluded, as are the Samsung Galaxy S25 line, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7, the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 7, and many other fairly recent and high-profile phones.
Now, software updates may bring support for Gemini Nano v3 (and potentially therefore also support for Gemini Intelligence) to some of these phones. But with the other requirements too, there won’t be a large number of Android phones that can run Gemini Intelligence.
And given Apple’s more restrictive approach to AI, it’s also unlikely that Gemini Intelligence will come to iPhones (we know that Gemini Spark can run on iPhones through the Gemini app, but Gemini integration at the OS level seems unlikely).
All of which is a shame, because Gemini Intelligence promises to be a powerful automation tool, carrying out multi-step tasks across apps, as well as offering other useful features like the ability to create your own widgets and offer more polished speech-to-text.
If you have a compatible phone, then you should get access to Gemini Intelligence sometime this year, with Samsung and Google devices being the first to get it, starting “this summer”; Presumably, that means sometime between June and September.
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