Key Takeaways:
- Google has released a new “Ask for Me” AI feature initially in English language for the US users to enhance their business with AI call assistance feature.
- The feature is currently available for ‘Auto Repair Shops’ and ‘Nail Salons’ but later will be available for the others too.
- The feature is able to attend the call from customers, handle their enquiries and book their preferred services with the help of Google’s AI technology.
Google has recently launched its new “Ask for Me” AI feature to users. It has been researching an AI tool that can enhance your businesses by making calls on your behalf. The feature is being initially introduced to handle queries in English language for the US users.
Google’s Vice President of Product Management has announced the release of the “Ask for Me” feature on 30 January 2025 via X (formerly twitter) platform. It will help users to deal with their businesses in a better manner.
Google’s “Ask for Me” feature (A Short Scoop)
Google has introduced the “Ask for Me” feature with the help of Artificial Intelligence technology. This AI Integrated feature will be accessible from the ‘Google Search’ option.
It will allow AI technology to call your business, handle the call from customers to solve queries by answering in English language. The users can acquire more knowledge of product pricing and item availability to build-up their business using this feature.
Google has been testing and advancing this new feature in Google Search Labs. It will be introduced initially for the US users and will be available later for the rest of the users worldwide. The feature is currently available for ‘Auto Repair Shops’ and ‘Nail Salons’ but later will be available for the others too.
Key Specs of Google “Ask for Me” feature
Google’s “Ask for Me” feature has more advanced AI technology to answer business inquiries over calls. The feature is able to attend the call from customers, handle their enquiries and book their preferred services with the help of Google’s AI technology.
In order to use this feature, you need to type “auto shop near me” or “salon near me” and the feature will do the rest for you. It will be used for people’s interaction with their business. You can understand it better with an example.
Suppose Person ‘A’ is running a business and uses the “Ask for Me” feature in his business. There is another Person ‘B’ who wants to book a hotel, ticket or buy anything online and calls Person ‘A’.
This new AI feature will attend the call from Person ‘B’ and answer his queries on behalf of Person ‘A’. It will handle all inquiries and deal with Person ‘B’ by explaining more about the business. If Person ‘B’ is convinced, it will also book the service on behalf of Person ‘A’.
“Ask for Me” feature Benefits
Google’s “Ask for Me” feature is very useful for user’s business perspectives. It will help users with various kind of benefits:
- It will save a lot of time, so users can focus on other things.
- It will be useful for better communication with the customers which will strengthen their business.
- No time-boundations, so customers can connect to the business at any time they want.
- It will also save money to hire more staff for their business, AI can do the same in a short time.
- It will reduce the hectic life-schedule, so users can also make some time for their family and loved ones.
- Users can no longer stick to the business or research hard to provide the best of their business information to the customers.
- There are many other countless benefits of this feature which can be experienced better when you will use it.
Google has introduced the “Ask for Me” feature to assure its users to enhance their business. This AI feature seems to have great potential in terms of users profitability.
The involvement of AI in almost every possible field is taking it to a dangerous level. Well, time will tell how beneficial it will be for users with the involvement of AI.
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