Google’s Gemini team is apparently sending out emails about an upcoming change to how Gemini interacts with apps on Android devices. The email informs users that, come July 7, 2025, Gemini will be able to “help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off.” Naturally, this has raised some privacy concerns among those who’ve received the email and those using the AI assistant on their Android devices.
The article says that they are changing their policy so that even if you turn it off it will still be feeding your actions to AI.
Read the article yo.
You have to have Gemini itself enabled as your assistant on your phone for that.