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utterly convinced of their society-improving potential.

Theyre a very intuitive, natural way of interacting with technology.

Girl talking to an AI robot

Oppo executive Nicole Zhang introducing Susara van den Heever in London(Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

And that’s been proven over many years.

So I think that’s factor number one.

Smartphones suit us naturally.

Oppo executive Nicole Zhang

Oppo executive Nicole Zhang introducing Susara van den Heever in London(Image credit: Future / Axel Metz)

Then I think factor number two is the pure reach that smartphones have today.

We know that billions of people across the world are using smartphones.

Smartphones are a natural channel to get these innovations out into the world.

Oppo AI keynote

The speaker lineup for Oppo’s AI keynote(Image credit: Oppo)

But it also works the other way round, van den Heever continued.

What we [at Google] innovate with smartphones is based on the needs of billions of people.

So I think thats the second factor.

Three Android phones on an orange background showing the Google Gemini Android app

Google Gemini is the umbrella term for Google’s suite of AI features

Those are factors that, again, touch every single human being.

We all love being more productive at work so we have more time to do fun things.

And those fun things might be more creative: our interactions, our hobbies whatever the case may be.

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