Artificial Intelligence
Google tests Gemini phone-calling feature
Google is testing Call for Me, a Gemini feature that places calls to businesses on users’ behalf, with early access limited to Pixel 11 owners in the US on a paid plan.
- TechCrunch reported that Google was testing Call for Me, a Gemini feature that called businesses on users' behalf.
- Access was limited to Pixel 11 owners in the US who had a paid Gemini subscription and the beta version of Google's Phone app.
- Google said Gemini could use approved personal information to make reservations, reschedule appointments, and check whether an item was in stock.
- The system called from the user's own number, showed a live transcript, and let users take over at any point.
- Google said the feature built on earlier work such as Duplex, and the article said Meta's AI agents Muse and Instinct could also make phone calls.
Google was testing Call for Me, a Gemini function that placed calls to businesses for users, according to TechCrunch. The trial was limited to Pixel 11 owners in the US who subscribed to Gemini and installed the beta Phone app.
Google said Gemini could use personal details that a user had approved, allowing it to book tables, move appointments, or check whether an item was available. It handled phone menus, waited in queues, and used the caller's own number; a live transcript let users follow along and intervene.
Google said the feature built on earlier work such as Duplex and that the company was beginning with a small rollout because live conversations involved nuance. The article also said Meta's AI agents Muse and Instinct could now make phone calls.
Named in this story
Companies
- was testing Call for Me
- Meta
- was said to have AI agents that could make phone calls
Products and systems
- Gemini
- was the AI assistant used for the calls
- Pixel 11
- was the handset model allowed into the test
- Google's Phone app
- had to be on its beta version
- Google Duplex
- was an earlier Google experiment the feature built on
- Muse
- was one of Meta's AI agents
- Instinct
- was another of Meta's AI agents
Places
- US
- was the country where the test was limited
How the source tells it
The article was mostly neutral and informational, with no distinct emotive framing.
No emotive framing was found in the original.