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Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Jun 9
Paris Hilton Builds Gemini App in 3 Prompts as Android Names Her First Icon in Residence
Updated
Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Jun 9

Paris Hilton Builds Gemini App in 3 Prompts as Android Names Her First Icon in Residence

3 articles · Updated · The Keyword | Google Product and Technology News · Jun 9

Summary

  • Three prompts in Gemini Canvas let Paris Hilton build “Iconic Ideas,” a pink productivity app she said was designed around her fast-moving, ADHD-driven workflow.
  • Google cast Hilton as Android’s first “icon in residence” to show that non-coders can turn ideas into apps, using Gemini to narrow the gap between concept and execution.
  • At Google’s campus, Hilton tested Android tools in a custom “Sliv Lab” and worked with creative technologists on the app without writing code.
  • Young women from the YMCA and Altadena Girls joined an Android innovation challenge there, producing concepts from a well-being social app to a safety app for girls walking home.
  • The partnership broadens Google’s push to market Gemini, Canvas and other Android AI tools as accessible app-building products for creators beyond engineers.

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