Google AI Mode

Google announced today that it will let publishers determine whether their websites appear and are used by AI Mode and AI Overviews, independently of regular Search results.

After introducing for regular Search results, Google is bringing Preferred Sources to AI Mode and AI Overviews.

After refreshing AI Mode’s interface, Google is now rolling out a fullscreen redesign for Search Live that is quite vibrant.

Since the launch of AI Overviews and AI Mode, Google has been working to make links in generative responses more prominent, with Search adding five updates today.

Google’s expansion of AI Mode continues today with an integration into the Search bar on Android devices.

Like the Gemini app before, Google is now deeply integrating AI Mode with desktop and mobile Chrome.

After testing got underway in September, the “Google app for desktop” is now launching for “Windows users globally in English.”

Like the Gemini app, Google AI Mode is also seeing a redesign of its prompt box, while the tool can now book restaurants for users internationally.

With the launch of Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, Google is launching Search Live globally. Meanwhile, Google Translate’s new headphones experience is now on iOS.

Following the announcement in January, Google is now bringing Personal Intelligence to free users in the Gemini app, Gemini in Chrome, and AI Mode.

The Google app on Android is rolling out convenient, persistent access to AI Mode history for a more integrated experience.

Google is rolling out Cinematic Video Overviews to NotebookLM that go beyond narrated slides, while Canvas in AI Mode is now more capable.

Following last month’s big Gemini in Chrome update, AI Mode in Google’s desktop browser is getting its own upgrade in the address bar.

Google Search has bet pretty big on AI experiences and, as it figures out the right formula, changes and tweaks continue. Google is now showing off a new change that makes source links a bit more prominent.

Google is rolling out two notable updates to AI Overviews in Search, starting with Gemini 3.

Following the Gemini launch last week, Personal Intelligence is coming to AI Mode in Google Search.

Google is embracing “agentic shopping” wherein users can easily make purchases through the Gemini app and AI Mode.

A decade or so ago, I thought Google needed a newer mission than “organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” Having never lived without the Search engine, I frankly thought the mission was solved and that Google needed a new aspirational aim. 

With today’s launch, Gemini 3 Flash is widely rolling out to the Gemini app and AI Mode in Search. This is one of Google’s speediest model rollouts. 

Following last month’s launch of Gemini 3 Pro, Google today announced Gemini 3 Flash for consumers and developers.

After adding a ‘plus’ menu to the homepage, Google is updating the AI Mode UI on desktop web with a new greeting and model switcher.