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Quick Answer: Gemini task automation now works across more than 40 apps. Google announced the expansion at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, and it lets Gemini order food, book tables and trips, and buy event tickets while you watch every step. It runs on the Pixel 10, the Galaxy S26, and Samsung's new foldables first.
Last updated August 4, 2026
Think about the last errand you did entirely on your phone. Maybe you booked a table, and it took four apps and fifteen minutes of comparing times. Google's bet is that you'd rather say one sentence and let Gemini handle the tapping.
That bet got real at Samsung Galaxy Unpacked on July 22, when Google expanded Gemini task automation from a small beta to more than 40 apps. We've covered handing chores to AI on this site before, and most of it involved duct-taping tools together yourself. This is the first time the everyday version ships built into the phone in your pocket.
What Gemini Task Automation Does
Gemini task automation takes a spoken request and carries out the whole multi-step chore inside other apps. It works in the background and only pings you when it needs a decision or a final confirmation.
The feature started small. Back in February's beta, it could hail a rideshare or order takeout, and that was about it. The version rolling out now handles shopping, restaurant reservations, travel booking, and event tickets. You say the goal once. Gemini opens the right app, works through the screens, and comes back when it's done or stuck.
Gemini also got better at understanding what you're looking at. It can read your screen or take a photo as the starting prompt, so pointing your camera at a concert flyer and asking for tickets is the kind of request this is built for. There's even a party trick on the Galaxy Z Flip 8, where a long press on the outer screen starts a task without opening the phone.
The Apps It Works With
Google says Gemini task automation now supports over 40 apps. The named examples so far are Etsy for shopping and Expedia for travel, with the rest spread across food, reservations, and tickets.
Google hasn't published the full list yet, which is worth knowing before you expect your favorite app to work. The categories tell the story, though. This covers the stuff you already do on your phone weekly. Ordering dinner counts, and so does grabbing tickets before they sell out while you're stuck in a meeting.
The jump from six apps to forty is what makes this usable. Once the assistant can finish most errands end to end, the question shifts from whether it can to whether you'll let it.
Who Gets Gemini Task Automation First
Gemini task automation lives on recent flagship phones first. The February beta covered the Pixel 10 and Galaxy S26 series, and the expanded version debuts on Samsung's new Galaxy Z Fold 8 and Z Flip 8.
9to5Google reports it's rolling out to Pixel and coming to more Android devices after that, so an older phone likely means waiting. The new foldables also sweeten the deal with a six-month Google AI Pro trial, and they ship with Gemini Notebook, which is the new name for NotebookLM. If that name rings a bell, it's the same research tool behind Google's free study notebooks we covered in July.
You Approve Before It Buys
Gemini task automation is not a blank check. Google designed it so you can watch each step as it happens, jump in to change something, edit details before anything completes, or kill the task entirely.
Google's framing is that the AI works like a collaborator rather than a free agent, and the point of all those checkpoints is preventing surprise purchases and accidental bookings. The final confirmation stays with you.
Whether you're ready to let an assistant get anywhere near your card is a call only you can make. Some people will hand over the grocery run on day one. Others will want to watch it book a free reservation twenty times before trusting it with a flight. The design at least respects both camps, since every task shows its work before money moves.
The Honest Limits
Gemini task automation is new, phone-limited, and list-limited. Most Android users can't run it yet, nobody outside the supported apps benefits, and iPhone users aren't part of this story at all.
The device gate is the big one. If you don't have a Pixel 10, a Galaxy S26, or one of the new foldables, you're watching from the sidelines for now. The 40-app list is also curated, so the long tail of regional apps and small services isn't covered. Expect some rough edges too, since multi-step automation in third-party apps is exactly the kind of thing that breaks when an app redesigns its checkout flow.
Google's own description of the strategy is moving from asking an assistant to delegating a chore. That's the same direction we've been tracking since our calendar scheduling guide, where the useful tools were the ones that finished the job instead of describing it.
If you have one of the supported phones, start with something free and boring, like a reservation, and see how it does. The rest of us get to watch and wait for the rollout.
