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Google Advances AI in Retail with New Commerce Protocol and Major Partnerships
Importance: 85/1006 Sources
Why It Matters
This marks a significant strategic push by Google to integrate advanced AI agents and protocols directly into the retail ecosystem, aiming to redefine consumer shopping experiences and set new industry standards for AI-driven commerce and customer service.
Key Intelligence
- ■Google has introduced a new 'AI Mode Checkout Protocol' and 'Business Agent' to facilitate commerce, enabling AI agents to manage transactions.
- ■The Home Depot is partnering with Google Cloud to launch 'agentic AI tools' designed to help customers and associates complete projects from planning to execution.
- ■Walmart is collaborating with Google and Alphabet to integrate AI-powered shopping experiences into Google's Gemini platform, turning it into a personal AI shopper.
- ■These initiatives demonstrate Google's strategy to embed its Gemini AI across major retail platforms, enhancing customer engagement and operational efficiency.
Source Coverage
Google News - AI
1/11/2026The Home Depot and Google Cloud Launch Agentic AI Tools to Help Customers and Associates Bring Projects from 'How-to' to 'Done' - PR Newswire
Google News - AI
1/11/2026Google Announces AI Mode Checkout Protocol, Business Agent - Search Engine Journal
Google News - AI & TechCrunch
1/11/2026Google announces a new protocol to facilitate commerce using AI agents - TechCrunch
Google News - AI
1/11/2026Walmart and Google Join Forces to Turn Gemini Into Personal AI Shopper - International Business Times UK
Google News - AI
1/11/2026Walmart Partners With Alphabet To Launch AI-Powered Shopping On Google's Gemini Platform - scanx.trade
Google News - AI & Bloomberg
1/11/2026