The retail giant also has a similar deal with OpenAI's ChatGPT and has its own AI-powered chatbot, Sparky.

As retailers create AI agents for shopping and customer service, Google wants to secure its place in the ecommerce market.

The retail giant also has a similar deal with OpenAI's ChatGPT and has its own AI-powered chatbot, Sparky.

Gemini will assess people’s purchasing intent — for example an inquiry about removing a wine stain out of a rug could lead to links for related products sold at Walmart.