--- title: "Connect to the intelligence system" url: https://daily.dev/posts/connect-to-the-intelligence-system-rbxw4lckp source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K7VVAMUYPw type: video:youtube source: "Android Developers" published: 2026-05-26T18:38:38.215Z updated: 2026-05-26T18:40:13.315Z tags: ["android", "kotlin", "google-gemini"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Connect to the intelligence system **[Android Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/androiddevelopers)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Google is evolving Android from an operating system into an 'intelligence system' by introducing AI-powered platform features. A key new API called App Functions — available as both an Android platform API and a Jetpack library — lets developers expose their app's capabilities as on-device MCP servers, enabling AI agents like Gemini to orchestrate tasks across multiple apps. A live demo shows how an Android Studio skill can automatically generate App Functions for a sample news app, allowing Gemini to list topics, retrieve articles, and even send content to another app via a chat application. App Functions integration with Gemini is currently in private preview, but developers can start building with the API now. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Google Unveils AppFunctions to Connect AI Agents and Android Apps](https://daily.dev/posts/google-unveils-appfunctions-to-connect-ai-agents-and-android-apps-mxs3ncuep) · InfoQ · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#kotlin](https://daily.dev/tags/kotlin), [#google-gemini](https://daily.dev/tags/google-gemini) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/connect-to-the-intelligence-system-rbxw4lckp)