These app functions are exposed to Android’s App Search framework, which is the framework that powers the universal search experience in the Pixel Launcher, among other things.

Android 16 could introduce a Gemini feature called app functions. Here's what app function may let Gemini do.

Google says more than 6 billion images are uploaded daily to Google Photos, and nearly half a billion people use the app's search function every month. This update works in two separate parts.