Updated
Updated · Komando · Aug 27
Google Gemini Adds 4 App Links for Booking, Tickets and Music
Updated
Updated · Komando · Aug 27

Google Gemini Adds 4 App Links for Booking, Tickets and Music

1 articles · Updated · Komando · Aug 27

Summary

  • Google has begun rolling out free Gemini connections to four outside services—Angi, Zocdoc, Ticketmaster and Pandora—so users can move from chat prompts to finding a plumber, booking a doctor, searching events or playing music.
  • Each app must be manually enabled in Gemini’s Connected Apps settings on Android, web or iPhone/iPad, and Google says availability is arriving in waves, so some accounts may not see the option yet.
  • Zocdoc can complete bookings inside Gemini, while Angi is less direct: Gemini helps compare providers and then hands users into Angi rather than fully finishing the job.
  • The trade-off is data sharing: Gemini sends request details such as chat content and location to the connected company, which then handles that information under its own privacy policy, and disconnecting later does not erase what was already shared.

Insights

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