The Morning After: Google teases the Android-based Googlebook

Google's 2026 Android Show gave us some early news ahead of next week's big I/O event. It included several updates centered on deeper AI integration, a new kind of laptop that's not a Chromebook and some security overhauls.

The Googlebook will be a new category of premium laptops built for Gemini. That includes a multicolor "glowbar" and a Magic Pointer—a redesigned cursor that can work as a contextual AI shortcut. (Gemini is here and you will use it.)This isn't a renamed Pixelbook, however. Google won't directly make the laptops; the first will come from Acer, Asus, Dell, HP and Lenovo this fall.

Google will be calling all its advanced AI features Gemini Intelligence, with the official rebrand landing this summer on the Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26. This includes app automation: Gemini will be able to perform multi-step tasks across apps ...