The company is offering the AI feature through Google Search to help users find out pricing and availability at local businesses, a like a pet groomer, without needing to pick up the phone.
Need to check a local shop’s prices or availability? Normally, you’d have to call. But now, Google’s search engine can do it for you by harnessing AI to place the call and retrieve the information.
On Wednesday, the company announced it was adding the “AI-powered calling” feature directly into Google Search by featuring it as an option through the search results.
“From pet grooming to dry cleaning needs, Search can now call businesses to get pricing and availability information on your behalf — without you needing to pick up the phone,” the tech giant said.
The company actually debuted the capability as Duplex back in 2018 for Google Assistant. It’s now bringing the feature to Search as a button called “Have AI check pricing” when you query for a certain business service around you.
