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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.…