Overview
- Google announced the partnership on June 9, 2026, naming Paris Hilton Android’s first “Icon in Residence” to highlight AI-driven app building.
- Hilton used Gemini Canvas to create a pink, sparkly productivity app called “Iconic Ideas” by entering three plain-text prompts, with no coding required.
- Her custom template is now live on Android’s official portal so the public can try the same conversational, no-code workflow.
- Google and Hilton ran a campus prototyping challenge where students with no developer background used Gemini tools to build simple apps in a single afternoon.
- The campaign also spotlights Android features and hardware such as Circle to Search and the Motorola Razr Fold, showing how Google bundles AI tools with its broader ecosystem and could lower barriers to software creation.