{"slug": "googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us", "title": "Google’s Universal Cart shopping tool launches in the US", "summary": "Google said Thursday that Universal Cart, a tool that lets users collect and monitor products found across Search and in the Gemini app, is now available to U.S. users, following its preview at Google I/O in May. The cart aggregates items from multiple retailers, sends notifications on price drops and restocked items, factors in credit card perks and surfaces promo codes, and ties checkout to Google's Universal Commerce Protocol (UCP), an open standard introduced earlier this year to help AI agents and retailers work together. Universal Cart joins Google's AI shopping features such as conversational product discovery in Search's AI Mode and the \"Let Google Call\" agentic calling tool, as Amazon, OpenAI and other rivals add agentic commerce capabilities.", "body_md": "Google on Thursday [said](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/universal-cart-launch/) “Universal Cart,” a tool that lets users collect and monitor products they find across search and in the Gemini app, is now available to U.S. users. The company first [previewed the tool](https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/googles-new-universal-cart-wants-to-follow-your-entire-shopping-journey-across-the-internet/) at Google I/O in May.\n\nThe idea is to make online shopping easier to manage. Find something you like, save it to your cart, and move on. When you return later, your items and shopping progress are still there, so you don’t have to hunt down the same products or start over. Universal Cart can collect items from multiple retailers, turning it into a central hub for browsing and keeping track of potential purchases.\n\nGoogle says the cart can also help shoppers stay on top of deals and availability. The tool can send notifications when a saved product’s price drops or when an out-of-stock item becomes available again.\n\nThe tool is also designed to offer more tailored help during the shopping process. Google says it can take credit card perks into account when helping users choose how to pay, and also surface relevant promo codes.\n\nCheckout is tied to Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol, or UCP, an open standard the company introduced earlier this year. UCP is designed to help AI agents and retailers work together across different parts of the shopping journey, including checkout.\n\nGoogle is already deeply invested in AI-powered shopping, and Universal Cart is its latest effort to make the experience more convenient. It joins features such as conversational product discovery in Search’s AI Mode and Google’s [“Let Google Call”](https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/shopping/how-to-agentic-calling-let-google-call/) tool, which uses an AI agent to contact nearby stores and check whether an item is in stock.\n\nGoogle isn’t the only company bringing AI into e-commerce. [Amazon](https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/amazons-new-ai-agent-will-shop-third-party-stores-for-you/), [OpenAI](https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/29/openai-takes-on-google-amazon-with-new-agentic-shopping-system/), and other rivals have added agentic commerce features as companies look for ways to make chatbots useful beyond answering questions.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us", "canonical_source": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/15/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us/", "published_at": "2026-10-15 14:29:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-15 14:57:11.704786+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-agents", "agent-protocols", "ai-products", "generative-ai"], "entities": ["Google", "Universal Cart", "Gemini", "Universal Commerce Protocol", "Google I/O", "Amazon", "OpenAI", "Let Google Call"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/googles-universal-cart-shopping-tool-launches-in-the-us.jsonld"}}