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You can talk to Google in AI Mode to explore gift ideas.
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The holiday shopping season is almost upon us, and that means finding the right gifts for family and friends. This annual expedition can be time-consuming as you struggle to figure out what items to buy. Why not turn to your friendly, neighborhood AI to see if it can help? Well, that's Google's pitch this year.
In a new blog post, Google touted the latest shopping skills available through AI Mode, Gemini, and even AI agents. You can strike up a conversation in Google's AI mode to discuss your shopping needs. You can get shopping ideas via the Gemini app on your mobile device. You can even send an AI agent on a shopping spree to find out which items are in stock and on sale.
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I tried Google's AI-powered shopping tools to see if and how they could help me with my own holiday list. Some of the features are still in the process of rolling out and therefore aren't quite ready yet. But here are the preliminary results based on my testing.
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