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Google’s new Agent will power Mercedes’ next in-car AI assistant
Google and Mercedes are teaming up to integrate the former's Gemini AI with the latter's in-car navigation system and assistant.
Mercedes Adds AI-Powered Conversational Navigation With Google Gemini
Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with Google to bring AI-backed conversations to the built-in navigation system.
Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant uses Google’s conversational AI agent
Meanwhile, the existing MBUX Voice Assistant system that could handle about 20 commands triggered with “Hey Mercedes” now includes results provided by OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft Bing, but it’s not a conversational platform.
Mercedes readies car you can talk to with help from Google AI
The German automaker plans to offer a car with an artificial intelligence-based “virtual assistant” to give directions and answer drivers’ questions.
One of Google Gemini's first AI agents is like a personal butler for luxury cars
The new AI tech will first appear in the Mercedes CLA, using Google’s Gemini AI and syncing with Google Maps for natural conversations. After the CLA, the tech will roll out across more Mercedes models,
Google Is Bringing Dashboard AI to Mercedes-Benz
If you’ve ever wanted to get driving advice from your car itself, you might not have to wait too much longer. Google and Mercedes-Benz announced this week that the automaker would begin integrating Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent with its onboard virtual assistant.
Google’s search market share drops below 90% for first time since 2015
In a surprising development, Google's global search market share was less than 90% for the final three months of 2024.
I took a 7-month maternity leave from my Google engineering job. Coming back to work was one of the hardest things I've ever done.
A Boston-based customer engineer at Google said splitting up her leave and taking three other steps smoothed her postpartum ...
Google may redesign the volume UI in Android 16, and here's a first look
Android 16 could bring an updated volume slider and volume panel UI. Here's an early first look at the new designs!
Google To Restore Much-Needed Google Photos Feature, Report Claims
Google is reportedly bringing back an important Google Photos sharing feature after suddenly removing it without warning last ...
How to use Google Deep Research to save hours of time
There are three main stages to Google Deep Research workflow: To get to the first, head to Gemini on the web, choose the 1.5 ...
Google Joins the AI Shopping Revolution With Agent Tools for Retailers
The next stage of AI development, which lets the technology act with more autonomy and performs some customer service actions, is being applied to an industry that must constantly embrace change.
Google TVs are getting a major Gemini upgrade in 2025 - here are the 3 best features
You will finally be able to speak to your Google TV like you would speak to a person. And future models will support ambient ...
Gavin Newsom budgets $30 million to help California newsrooms. Will Google do its part?
The agreement displaced a bill that would have required Google and Meta to pay into a fund for journalism that is shared on ...
Google Keep’s 5 Best Feature Updates—So Far
Google continues to improve Keep, its note-taking app, with small updates and tweaks to its features. Keep isn't exactly high ...
Google could show Voice some love by bringing back a feature it took away
And because this is Google, there's always the chance that its resources are focused on other areas, especially with its big ...