Shop Etsy for party supplies within a budget
Chrome auto browse with Gemini searched Etsy, added items to the cart, applied discount codes and left the cart ready for the user to review.
Perplexity Comet searched Amazon for coffee makers with a grinder, built a comparison table and added two options to the cart, stopping before purchase.
Perplexity Comet searched Amazon for coffee makers with a grinder, built a comparison table and added two options to the cart, stopping before purchase.
DreamHost's testers gave Comet one plain-language prompt. It was to go to Amazon, research the best coffee makers under $100 that grind beans, build a table of the top 5, and add two to the cart with a New York address selected. Comet searched and parsed the results page, built the comparison table with prices, and added two options to the cart.
The task completed successfully, and Comet stopped at the cart page without trying to buy, which the testers called correct. The article gives no timing for Comet on this task.
The article says multi-step checkout, CAPTCHAs and security verification routinely break browser agents, so expect to finish the purchase yourself.
Search Amazon for [product type] with [must-have features] under $[budget]. Build a comparison table of the top options with price, ratings and key differences, then add the best [number] to my cart. Stop before checkout and do not buy anything.
Chrome auto browse with Gemini searched Etsy, added items to the cart, applied discount codes and left the cart ready for the user to review.
A writer used Gemini's calling feature to phone local stores about a Labubu figure and got text or email summaries of availability, price and hours.
An agent reads a Shopify store's public product feed daily and reports new, removed, price and stock changes, e.g. 692 products at allbirds.com.