Gemini and ChatGPT both claim to be your Black Friday shopping assistant. Neither is ready to replace a price tracker — but one got closer than the other. In a side-by-side test published Friday, Android Police asked the free tiers of both AI tools to find real deals on four gadgets: the Google Pixel 10 (128GB, unlocked), Samsung Galaxy Buds 3 Pro, Pixel Watch 4 (41mm, Wi-Fi), and Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen).
Total full-price value: $1,450. Only ChatGPT delivered usable, verifiable savings, $166 more than Gemini’s picks, according to the report. And it did so while flagging inflated “was” prices that neither retailer nor Google itself supports. Gemini, meanwhile, served up links to search pages instead of products, misquoted prices by as much as $20, and cited outdated deals, like calling the Echo Dot $32 when Amazon lists it at $80.
It also recommended a 30W charger for a Galaxy S24 Ultra, even though the phone supports up to 45W fast charging. ChatGPT correctly identified the Anker Nano 45W charger at $26, and knew why that mattered for the S24 Ultra. But it still sent users to Target’s homepage instead of the JBL Vibe Beam 2 earbuds, and repeated its earlier $40 Echo Dot error.
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