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Google’s new Agent will power Mercedes’ next in-car AI assistant
Google and Mercedes are teaming up to integrate the former's Gemini AI with the latter's in-car navigation system and assistant.
Mercedes-Benz’s Virtual Assistant uses Google’s conversational AI agent
Google Cloud’s new Automotive AI Agent platform promises to “continue conversations and reference information” throughout users’ drives, and the first car announced with it is the new Mercedes CLA. That car has the next-generation MB.OS operating system with an upgraded MBUX Virtual Assistant.
Mercedes readies car you can talk to with help from Google AI
The German automaker plans to offer a car with an artificial intelligence-based “virtual assistant” to give directions and answer drivers’ questions.
New Mercedes CLA Gets Chatty With Google AI Smarts
The new CLA will feature an advanced MBUX Virtual Assistant powered by Google’s AI technology. The assistant will be conversational and able to access real-time information from Google Maps. Drivers should also be able to control media and vehicles settings using simple voice commands.
Google Is Bringing Dashboard AI to Mercedes-Benz
If you’ve ever wanted to get driving advice from your car itself, you might not have to wait too much longer. Google and Mercedes-Benz announced this week that the automaker would begin integrating Google Cloud’s Automotive AI Agent with its onboard virtual assistant.

Google adds AI to all Workspace plans

Google Thinks It Has the Best AI Tech. Now It Needs More Users.
Tired of trailing OpenAI, CEO Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people.
I tried this AI email assistant, and now I finally have an empty inbox
The Serif email assistant organizes your inbox and, more impressively, creates drafts ready to send replies, just like a ...
Microsoft and Google roll out new pricing for their AI productivity tools
The changes are part of an effort on the companies’ part to boost the adoption of their AI tools among business users.
Google unveils an AI-powered TV that summarizes the news for you at CES 2025
Long gone are the days of simply watching the news. Google unveiled the latest version of its TV operating system at CES 2025 ...
Perplexity's Android assistant debuts with live view and on-screen context support
Perplexity's Android voice assistant is live with the app's 2.37.0 build, which is available to sideload. The AI-powered ...
Google hopes you’ll pay for an AI TV assistant someday
Google’s working on an AI-powered news briefing feature on TVs as well. When you say “Hey Google, play my news briefing,” ...
Mercedes Adds AI-Powered Conversational Navigation With Google Gemini
Mercedes-Benz announced a partnership with Google to bring AI-backed conversations to the built-in navigation system.
Opera’s AI assistant Aria comes to your iPhone home screen in new update
After exciting new features were released later last year, Opera browser for iPhone users had its first major update in 2025.