Ask Gemini to order dinner from a delivery app (it refused on an unsupported phone)

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Sep 16, 2026 by Ali Salman Zia (Android Police)

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Last checked

Oct 17, 2026

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Outcome

Android Police's Ali Salman Zia asked Gemini on his Pixel 8 to order a chicken burger, then to order it from Foodpanda; both times it gave the same refusal and told him to use a delivery app himself. He found Google limits food and ride ordering to the Pixel 10 series and Galaxy S26, Z Flip 8 and Z Fold 8, for users 18+ in the US or Korea, with supported apps such as DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub.

Agent

Gemini

The source didn't share its exact prompt, so we wrote this from what it describes.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Build a food delivery order in my delivery app and stop before checkout, or tell me clearly if you can't do this on my phone.

Fill in before running:
- Delivery app: [DoorDash / Uber Eats / Grubhub / other]
- Restaurant and dish: [WHAT I WANT]
- Delivery address: [ADDRESS]
- Budget including fees and tip: [AMOUNT]

Rules:
- First say whether app ordering is supported on my phone, app and country; if not, say so plainly and stop.
- If supported, open the app, add the items and stop at the final confirm button.
- If an item is unavailable, ask before swapping.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.

Output: Either a ready-to-confirm basket with the total, or a clear explanation of why you can't do it and the fastest manual steps.

You'll know it worked when: I either press one button to order, or I know immediately that I need to do it myself.

Run this task now, exactly as written below. Everything you need is here, so start straight away and only stop if something required is missing or a rule below tells you to.

Goal: Build a food delivery order in my delivery app and stop before checkout, or tell me clearly if you can't do this on my phone.

Fill in before running:
- Delivery app: [DoorDash / Uber Eats / Grubhub / other]
- Restaurant and dish: [WHAT I WANT]
- Delivery address: [ADDRESS]
- Budget including fees and tip: [AMOUNT]

Rules:
- First say whether app ordering is supported on my phone, app and country; if not, say so plainly and stop.
- If supported, open the app, add the items and stop at the final confirm button.
- If an item is unavailable, ask before swapping.
- If a site asks for a login, a CAPTCHA or payment details, stop and hand control back to me.
- Ask for my OK before you pay, book, send, submit or cancel anything.
- Check facts that can change (prices, opening hours, dates, availability, rules) against the official source, and tell me anything you couldn't verify.
- Don't repeat a generic refusal: name the specific reason (phone model, country, app not supported) if you know it.

Output: Either a ready-to-confirm basket with the total, or a clear explanation of why you can't do it and the fastest manual steps.

You'll know it worked when: I either press one button to order, or I know immediately that I need to do it myself.

Before you finish: re-read my goal and constraints, check your answer against each one, and list anything you assumed or couldn't confirm.

Source

https://www.androidpolice.com/gemini-wont-order-dinner-on-my-phone/