With AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct now able to make calls on users’ behalf, Google is now letting Gemini call businesses with a new feature called “Call for Me.”
With this update, Gemini will be able to share personal information that you approve as part of the calls it makes the company says, will allow it to take a broader set of actions.
Last year, it rolled out “Ask for Me,” a feature that let Gemini call businesses on users’ behalf to ask about things like pricing or services.
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The feature will at first roll out to Pixel 11 owners who pay for a Gemini subscription in the U.S. It will also need the use of the beta version.
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With AI agents like Meta’s Muse and Instinct now able to make calls on users’ behalf, Google is now letting Gemini call businesses with a new feature called “Call for Me.”
The feature will at first roll out to Pixel 11 owners who pay for a Gemini subscription in the U.S. It will also need the use of the beta version of Google’s Phone app for Android, as it’s still supposed to be an experiment.
While Google has long offered calling features guided by AI, earlier versions were limited in what they could do. With this update, Gemini will be able to share personal information that you approve as part of the calls it makes the company says, will allow it to take a broader set of actions.
Google says users will be able to follow the call as it happens and take over at any time.
Users can watch how the call proceeds via a live transcript of the conversation.
Last year, it rolled out “Ask for Me,” a feature that let Gemini call businesses on users’ behalf to ask about things like pricing or services.
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