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Google tests Gemini “Call for Me” — an AI that can place calls for users
Google is rolling out an experimental Gemini feature called “Call for Me” to Pixel 11 owners in the U.S. who subscribe to Gemini and use the beta Google Phone app. The AI can place calls using your phone number, share approved personal information, navigate automated menus, produce a live transcript, handle tasks like reservations or checking stock, and allow users to follow or take over the call at any time.
KEY POINTS
- Google is rolling out an experimental Gemini feature called “Call for Me” to Pixel 11 owners in the U.S.
- who subscribe to Gemini and use the beta Google Phone app.
- The AI can place calls using your phone number, share approved personal information, navigate automated menus, produce a live transcript, handle tasks like reservations or checking stock, and allow users to follow or take over the call at any time.
WHY IT MATTERS
This extends AI agents from assisting to autonomously conducting complex, real‑world phone interactions, with implications for user convenience, privacy, and safety controls.
SOURCES & TIMELINE
3With 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 initially roll out to Pixel 11 owners who pay for a Gemini subscription in the U.S. It will also require 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 …
Google has been trying to have its AI assistant make phone calls on your behalf for almost 10 years. Remember Duplex ? It enabled the now-defunct Google Assistant to call restaurants and book tables . That service was shuttered a few years ago, but now comes round two, powered by modern large language models . On Thursday, Google announced Call for Me, an experimental beta feature exclusive to its latest Pixel 11 sm…
Google is testing "Call for Me," a feature that lets Gemini call businesses on a user's behalf , TechCrunch reports . For now, only Pixel 11 owners in the US with a paid Gemini subscription can use it, and they also need the beta version of Google's Phone app. According to Google, Gemini can pass along personal information that users have approved, which lets it handle more tasks like making reservations, rescheduli…