Google Expands Gemini AI to Call Businesses Autonomously; Pixel 11 Beta Underway

Google has begun testing 'Call for Me,' a new feature that lets its Gemini AI assistant make phone calls on users' behalf to check product availability, book restaurant reservations, reschedule appointments, and handle other business interactions autonomously. The feature, which entered preliminary rollout in late September 2026, represents a significant step forward in AI agent capabilities and builds on earlier business-calling experiments Google launched via Search in July 2025.