[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"branding":3,"analytics":7,"article-google-gemini-may-bring-call-for-me-to-friends-and-family":10,"sections":35},{"siteName":4,"siteTagline":5,"publisherName":4,"contactEmail":6},"The Revision","Tech news, decoded.","editor@therevision.news",{"gaMeasurementId":8,"adsenseClientId":9},"G-ZW2MV82GYR","ca-pub-8533917693782264",{"article":11},{"id":12,"slug":13,"title":14,"dek":15,"body_md":16,"tags_json":17,"published_at":18,"created_at":19,"updated_at":20,"status":21,"review_note":22,"review_notes":23,"image_url":22,"persona_id":22,"persona_name":22,"section":24,"tags":25,"sources":30,"feedback":34,"feedback_at":22,"cost_usd":34,"total_tokens":34},10268,"google-gemini-may-bring-call-for-me-to-friends-and-family","Google Gemini May Bring Call for Me to Friends and Family","An APK teardown suggests Google is expanding its AI phone-call feature beyond business calls to simple personal messages like running late or dinner plans.","Google's AI assistant might soon call your mom for you, not just the dentist's office.\n\nAndroid Authority found a \"Gemini Calling\" screen buried in an APK teardown, suggesting Google is expanding its existing \"Call for Me\" feature beyond business errands to personal contacts. The sample prompts are mundane by design: \"Call Mom and tell her I will be 15 minutes late\" or \"Call John and ask if he is coming for dinner.\" Nothing is confirmed or live yet, and Google has not announced the feature. Based on the examples found, Gemini would likely handle short, scripted exchanges rather than carry on a real conversation.\n\nThis matters because it reframes what \"Call for Me\" is actually for. The original version, which phones businesses to ask about hours or make reservations, was a novelty aimed at saving users from hold music. Pointing that same engine at personal contacts turns it into something closer to a text message with a human voice attached, useful for the subset of people who still screen calls from unknown apps or ignore texts entirely.\n\nIt is also a tacit admission that phone calls have become a backup channel, not a primary one. If Gemini is just translating a text into a voice call, the feature's real competition isn't Siri, it's the group chat that already does this job for free.","[\"google\",\"gemini\",\"ai assistant\",\"android\"]","2026-10-05T23:09:55.000Z","2026-10-06T12:56:01.081Z","2026-10-06T12:56:06.626Z","published",null,[],"ai",[26,27,28,29],"google","gemini","ai assistant","android",[31],{"name":32,"url":33},"The Verge","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theverge.com\u002Fai-artificial-intelligence\u002F1005177\u002Fgoogle-gemini-call-for-me-expansion-rumors",0,{"sections":36},[37,41,46,51,56,61,66,71,76,81,86,91,96,101],{"name":38,"slug":24,"count":39,"latest_published_at":40},"AI",6347,"2026-10-06T07:49:07.000Z",{"name":42,"slug":43,"count":44,"latest_published_at":45},"Security","security",879,"2026-10-06T00:00:38.000Z",{"name":47,"slug":48,"count":49,"latest_published_at":50},"Policy","policy",463,"2026-10-05T23:16:24.000Z",{"name":52,"slug":53,"count":54,"latest_published_at":55},"Deals","deals",374,"2026-10-06T09:00:00.000Z",{"name":57,"slug":58,"count":59,"latest_published_at":60},"Hardware","hardware",211,"2026-10-05T21:14:08.000Z",{"name":62,"slug":63,"count":64,"latest_published_at":65},"Science","science",182,"2026-10-05T18:58:12.000Z",{"name":67,"slug":68,"count":69,"latest_published_at":70},"Consumer Tech","consumer-tech",162,"2026-10-06T09:00:14.000Z",{"name":72,"slug":73,"count":74,"latest_published_at":75},"Software","software",103,"2026-10-05T18:23:19.000Z",{"name":77,"slug":78,"count":79,"latest_published_at":80},"Dev Tools","dev-tools",99,"2026-10-05T10:47:06.000Z",{"name":82,"slug":83,"count":84,"latest_published_at":85},"Startups","startups",96,"2026-10-05T20:24:09.000Z",{"name":87,"slug":88,"count":89,"latest_published_at":90},"Gaming","gaming",54,"2026-10-05T19:07:04.000Z",{"name":92,"slug":93,"count":94,"latest_published_at":95},"General","general",53,"2026-10-05T22:05:42.000Z",{"name":97,"slug":98,"count":99,"latest_published_at":100},"Reviews","reviews",33,"2026-10-05T11:57:17.000Z",{"name":102,"slug":103,"count":104,"latest_published_at":105},"How-To","how-to",8,"2026-10-05T09:00:00.000Z"]