Google uses on-device artificial intelligence to analyze how you use your Android phone and provide “Contextual Suggestions”.
Once available, scroll down to Settings > (your name) > All services. There is a new “Other” category for “Contextual suggestions”.
“Use contextual suggestions” is enabled by default: “Get useful suggestions from your apps and services based on your daily activities and locations.” AI learns from that “device activity and location data” and uses it to make “predictions about things that might be useful to you.”
Google provides two examples:
- “…your music app can suggest a gym playlist that you listen to frequently during your evening workout.”
- “…if you often stream sports on your living room TV on Saturdays, your device can suggest the right time.”
This feature works in an “encrypted location on your device”.
Data used for contextual suggestions is never shared with apps or Google, and never leaves your device, unless you give permission to share your data for another purpose.
Additionally, apps and services “can’t see this data, but can use predictions to give you timely suggestions.” You have the option to turn off “device location” and “wipe all stored data” at any time.
A recently published Android support article (Get personalized app suggestions with contextual suggestions) explains how: “Before using contextual suggestions for the first time, you’ll find a feature notification that provides a link to your settings.”
As of today, we’re seeing this feature roll out to the Pixel 10 series, including the Pixel 10a (which doesn’t support Magic Cue) running Android 16 with Google Play Services 26.18 stable. It doesn’t currently appear on older Pixel phones or Android 17 Beta versions.
We haven’t seen what the interface looks like for contextual suggestions. Apparently, unlike the Pixel’s Magic Cue, Google hasn’t officially announced it yet.
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