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TL;DR Some Pixel phone owners have reported that Gemini refuses to make phone calls when asked to do so.
Instead, the chatbot notes that it can’t make phone calls.
The feature still works on our Pixels, suggesting this doesn’t affect everyone.
You don’t have to manually search for a contact if you’d like to make a call on your Android phone, as you can simply tell Gemini to call them. Unfortunately, it looks like this feature is broken on some Pixel phones.
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Some Pixel owners on Reddit (1, 2) have confirmed that Gemini refuses to make phone calls when asked to do so. Instead, Gemini displays an error message with the title “Communications Tool Disabled.”
“Using the communications tool is currently disabled. I cannot make calls for you,” reads the error message, according to a screenshot seen below by Redditor Probono_Bonobo (great username).
Another Redditor reported a different error message as Gemini purportedly said it “can’t call the contact” and asked if the user needed more help.
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