Google partners with Walmart, Shopify, others to enable in-chat shopping on Gemini AI chatbot: How does it work?

Google announced on Sunday that it is teaming up with Walmart, Shopify, Wayfair and other major retailers to turn Gemini AI into a virtual merchant as well as an assistant, a move aimed at expanding shopping features for the chatbot’s users, news agency AP reported.

Through this latest offering, Google will enable customers to buy products instantly from some businesses and pay using different payment options without leaving the Gemini chat which they used to find products, according to Walmart and Google.