Google’s Magic Pointer turns your cursor into an AI assistant, and you can test it now

Google’s Android Show is over, and it might go down as one of the biggest yet. Not only did we get an all-new Android Auto experience at the event, complete with the introduction of Gemini Intelligence, we also got our first look at the Googlebook.

It’s essentially a combination of Chrome OS and Android within new machines, crafted to give you direct access to Gemini.

The tech giant doesn’t want to leave it down to chance that you’ll use Gemini on your Googlebook, and that’s precisely why it’s baking the AI assistant directly into the Googlebook’s cursor.

Officially dubbed the Magic Pointer, the cursor is built to understand what you’re pointing at. For example, if you’re pointing at a date, the cursor will be able to help you quickly set up an event, a reminder, or a calendar entry for the date.

Similarly, you’d be able to point at an image of a building and ask the Googlebook where said building is located.

The goal here is to move away from text-heavy prompting and towards a model where the AI simply understands context without being spoon-fed information.

You can try out the Magic Pointer now

It’s worth noting that the first few Googlebooks from the likes of Acer, ASUS, Dell, and more won’t be out until this fall. However, that doesn’t mean you can’t try out the Magic Pointer, as pointed out by 9to5Google.

Google has two Magic Pointer demos available to try out in AI Studio:

• Point and Speak: Point and speak to get directions and find things.
• Show and Tell: Move or edit objects in an image by simply pointing and speaking.

Elsewhere, users will soon also be able to use their cursor to ‘Ask Gemini’ about certain things on Chrome. This won’t replicate the Magic Pointer experience, but it’ll be close and should give you some practice before the first Googlebooks officially land.