Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US

Google announced on Thursday that Universal Cart, a shopping tool first previewed at Google I/O in May, is now available to U.S. users. The tool lets users collect and monitor products from multiple retailers across Search and the Gemini app, serving as a central hub for saved items and shopping progress. It sends notifications for price drops and restocked items, offers tailored help such as factoring in credit card perks and surfacing promo codes, and ties checkout to Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard for AI agents and retailers. Universal Cart joins Google’s existing AI shopping features like conversational product discovery in Search’s AI Mode and “Let Google Call.” The launch comes as Amazon, OpenAI, and other rivals also add agentic commerce features.

(Source：TechCrunch)