By Abner Li
Publication Date: 2026-10-16 19:47:00
Yesterday, Google started rolling out its Universal Cart, and the company is very prominently placing it in Search, AI Mode, Chrome, and the Gemini app.
This “intelligent shopping cart” was previewed in May at I/O 2026 as a “hub for shopping on Google.” It’s meant to help “organize your shopping, keep track of items you love from across retailers, stay on top of promos, and enjoy effortless checkout powered by the Universal Commerce Protocol.”
Universal Cart is now rolling out in the US, and we’re starting to see it in Google Search. A new shopping cart icon will appear in the top-right corner of google.com’s homepage and Search results, as well as on desktop Chrome’s New Tab Page. Clicking slides out a panel with two tabs for “Cart” and “My orders.”
On mobile, the shopping cart appears to the left of the profile switcher in the Google app for Android. That icon also appears on the AI Mode homepage.