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Google may have issued an email to certain Android customers on Tuesday informing them that the Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant will soon interact with a number of on-device apps, regardless of whether the functionality is enabled. Several customers have uploaded photos of these emails on social media, where the Mountain View-based tech firm has said that this change would be automatically implemented beginning July 7. The email's phrasing has also generated uncertainty, since the firm mentions that consumers may disable the function but does not specify how to do so.
Several Internet users claim to have received an email from Google
Tipster CID provided images of the email on X (previously known as Twitter), indicating Google's upcoming changes after July 7.
Gemini is getting more control on July 7 pic.twitter.com/RLkfd84MCV
— CID (@theonecid) June 24, 2025
Several more users have uploaded images of these emails on social media and forums, which were initially discovered by Android Authority. Notably, Gadgets 360 employees have not received any such email.
Ew @ this email I just got from Gemini pic.twitter.com/SqaYq4X01v
— eex - toasty cal 🍉• spuukka rask 👻 (@starshinescal) June 25, 2025
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According to the postings, the email is titled: "We've made it easier for Gemini to interact with your device." It goes on to say that the business is improving how its AI assistant for Android smartphones interacts with certain apps. These include the Phone app, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities.
The most troubling aspect of the email is that Gemini will be able to communicate with these applications "whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off." Gemini Apps is the rebranding term for extensions that enable the AI assistant to execute certain activities on various first- and third-party apps. So far, users have been able to turn on and off the applications with which they want to interact with the chatbot via Gemini's applications Settings.
Google's language implies that consumers will have no say over whether Gemini may gather data from these applications, prompting privacy worries. While Google Assistant might accomplish the same thing, the risk of AI models obtaining the data is that it is unclear how the data would be processed, kept, and then used by the corporation.
Later in the email, the business mentions that if customers don't want to utilize these capabilities, they may disable them on the Apps settings page. This section is confusing for two reasons. First, it obviously contradicts what Google stated in the preceding paragraph, and second, the business did not specify how customers might disable the function.
As previously stated, the only option to deactivate access to these applications is to visit the applications tab within the Gemini app. However, the business has said that the functionality would function regardless of this.
It is possible that this email was only sent to beta testers who may receive new ways to disable certain interaction capabilities with the July 7 update, but we cannot confirm this owing to a lack of information. The tech titan has made no public remark on the matter.
