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AI to Text Your Mom: Google's New Calling Feature
6 Oct
Summary
- Google's AI feature may soon send messages to friends and family.
- The AI could automate basic, text-like calls to contacts.
- Granular permissions might allow users to control AI access.
Google appears set to broaden the capabilities of its "Call for Me" AI technology, potentially allowing it to send messages to personal contacts. Internal code suggests a feature named "Gemini Calling," with examples indicating it could handle simple requests like informing a mother about a delay or checking on a friend's dinner plans.
This expansion hints at automating basic, text-message-style calls rather than complex conversations. It could serve as a tool for delivering urgent or simple communications to individuals who are less responsive to texts or still rely on landline phones.
Further discoveries point to "granular permissions" for Gemini, offering users choices about its access to individual apps. This might include settings for phone call permissions, enabling users to opt out of certain AI-driven interactions. However, the public release of this feature expansion and the detailed app settings remains uncertain.
