VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM

The invention provides a vehicle control device, a vehicle control method, and a storage medium capable of performing more appropriate vehicle control when there is an incoming call to an occupant when a lane of a vehicle is changed. A vehicle control device is provided with: a recognition unit that recognizes the surroundings of a vehicle; a driving control unit that executes driving control for controlling one or both of the steering and the speed of the vehicle on the basis of the surrounding situation; an incoming call determination unit that determines the presence or absence of an incoming call to an occupant of the vehicle; and a notification control unit that notifies the occupant of information relating to the operation of the vehicle based on the driving control and information relating to the incoming call in accordance with the state of the driving control, the driving control unit determines whether or not to execute a lane change from a traveling lane of the vehicle to an adjacent lane on the ba