Overview
- Gemini will surface Walmart and Sam’s Club inventory and let users complete purchases without leaving the chat via instant checkout.
- Linking Walmart accounts to Gemini enables recommendations based on past purchases and merges chatbot orders with existing online carts.
- Google says the features launch first in the U.S. with international expansion planned in the coming months, though no launch date or financial terms were disclosed.
- John Furner and Sundar Pichai unveiled the partnership on stage at the National Retail Federation’s Big Show in New York.
- Google is also adding retailers such as Shopify and Wayfair to Gemini’s shopping experience, as Walmart pursues a separate instant-checkout integration with OpenAI’s ChatGPT.