{"id":186461,"date":"2026-02-11T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T15:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T20:05:10","slug":"google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/11\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Weaves New Shopping Feature Into Search and Gemini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/\">Google Weaves New Shopping Feature Into Search and Gemini<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/\">https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-11 14:55:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.pymnts.com\">www.pymnts.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sure, here are the main points summarized in an unordered list based on the provided article content:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Google is testing new ad formats on its search AI mode, allowing retailers to offer products directly, as reported by Bloomberg News.<br \/>\n&#8211; New integration enables users to purchase products from Etsy and Wayfair directly within Gemini, the AI-powered search tool.<br \/>\n&#8211; A new feature called Direct Offers within AI Mode will let brands offer discounts directly to potential customers.<br \/>\n&#8211; Google aims to &#8220;reinvent what an ad is&#8221; with its new approach in its shopping experience, according to Vidhya Srinivasan, Google&#8217;s vice president overseeing ads and commerce.<br \/>\n&#8211; Tech companies, including Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon, are investing a record $650 billion in AI infrastructure this year.<br \/>\n&#8211; Google has been integrating AI agents into its shopping experience to standardize payments and digital identity, working with retailers like Walmart, Target, and Shopify.<br \/>\n&#8211; There&#8217;s an increasing consumer preference for AI agents in shopping, particularly to reduce friction and simplify daily life, according to PYMNTS Intelligence.<br \/>\n&#8211; However, consumer confidence remains cautious as AI systems approach payment services, preferring familiar financial guardrails.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this summary helps! For more detailed insights, you can directly check out the original Bloomberg News article.<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Weaves New Shopping Feature Into Search and Gemini https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/artificial-intelligence-2\/2026\/google-weaves-new-shopping-feature-into-search-and-gemini\/ Publish Date: 2026-02-11 14:55:00 Source&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":186462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Chrome-Gemini-AI.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186461"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186461"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186463,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186461\/revisions\/186463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}