Android rolling out AI-powered ‘Contextual suggestions’

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Android rolling out AI-powered ‘Contextual suggestions’ that learn from your habits

Abner Li | May 13 2026 - 3:03 pm PT

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Google is using on-device AI to analyze how you use your Android phone and provide “Contextual suggestions.”

Once available, scroll down to the bottom of Settings > [your name] > All services. There is a new “Other” category for “Contextual suggestions.”

“Use context suggestions” is enabled by default: “Get helpful suggestions from your apps and services based on your routine activities and locations.” AI learns from that “device activity and location data” and uses it to make “predictions about what might be helpful to you.”

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“…your music app might suggest a playlist at the gym that you often listen to during your evening workout.”

“…if you often cast sports games to your living room TV on Saturdays, your device can suggest casting at the right time.”

This capability operates in an “encrypted space on your device.”

Unless you give permission to share your data for some other purpose, the data used for contextual suggestions is never shared with apps or Google, and never leaves your device.

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Just to add an update to the last part of the article, I did receive this as well on a Pixel 9 Pro on the Android 17 QPR1 beta.

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Additionally, apps and services “can’t see this data, but can use the predictions to offer you timely suggestions.” You have the option to disable “device location” and “Delete all stored data” at any time.

A recently published Android support article (Get personalized app suggestions with Contextual suggestions) explains how: “Before you use contextual suggestions for the first time, you’ll find a notice about the feature that provides a link to your settings.”

As of today, we’re seeing this setting rolling out on the Pixel 10 series, including the Pixel 10a (which does not support Magic Cue), running Android 16 with stable version 26.18 of Google Play services. It is not currently appearing on older Pixel phones or Android 17 Beta releases.

We haven’t encountered what the interface for contextual suggestions looks like. Presumably different from the Pixel’s Magic Cue, Google has yet to officially announce it.

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