GoKawiilGoogle rolls out Gemini 'Call for me' feature to phone businesses on your behalf
Google has begun expanding Gemini's agentic capabilities with a '@Call for me' feature that lets the AI phone businesses to check hours, availability or pricing, or make reservations. The tool is limited by design: it cannot make payments or share credit card details, though it can share a user's name and contact information, meaning users must take over calls to complete sensitive transactions.
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By restricting Gemini from handling payments, Google appears to be limiting liability and privacy risk while still testing how much of a routine phone task AI can automate, according to CNET's coverage. Whether the feature saves meaningful time may depend on how businesses react to being called by an AI, a concern CNET's mobile editor raised about transparency and acceptance. The rollout also signals a broader push by voice assistants into 'agentic' tasks that act on a user's behalf rather than just answering questions.
- Gemini's '@Call for me' feature can call stores to check hours, availability or pricing, or book reservations.
- The AI cannot make payments or share credit card numbers, requiring users to take over sensitive parts of a call.
- The feature announces itself as an AI to call recipients, and its usefulness may hinge on whether businesses cooperate with it.
Source: cnet.com — Tyler Lacoma, 2026-09-25
Published there as: “Google’s AI Wants to Call Stores for You — Here Are the Problems With That”
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