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Google’s Pixel phones are Google’s own smartphones, designed to run the Android operating system and compete with products such as Apple’s iPhone and Samsung’s Galaxy range. They are closely linked to Google services including Search, Maps, Gmail and the company’s artificial intelligence tools.

Gemini is Google’s name for its AI assistant, which can answer questions, help write text, organise information and increasingly carry out tasks through connected apps and services. The company has been adding Gemini features to its phones as technology firms compete to make AI a more central part of how people use devices.

Phone makers typically update cameras, processors and displays each year, but software features can also distinguish one model from another. Improvements to zoom, low-light photography, video and translation are intended to make the phones more useful in everyday situations, while raising questions about how much personal information an assistant needs to access to act on a user’s behalf.