Google Rolls Out Expressive Calling: Urgent Calls Bypass Do Not Disturb

• Google is rolling out Expressive Calling for its Phone app and Gemini 3 Deep Think for its Gemini app.
• Expressive Calling allows users to mark calls as urgent, providing enhanced visual and haptic feedback.
• Urgent calls can bypass the Do Not Disturb mode, ensuring important calls are not missed.
• The feature is currently available in the Phone by Google beta and requires both caller and recipient to be using it.
• Google also introduced Gemini 3 Deep Think, an advanced AI reasoning mode for Google AI Ultra subscribers.

Why It Matters: You can now get urgent calls even with Do Not Disturb on.