Google's AI Mode Will Change How You Search. What to Expect

A new tab is coming to your Google Search bar, and it's going to feel a lot more like an AI chatbot than a traditional search engine. Google started testing AI Mode earlier this year and announced at Tuesday's I/O developers conference that the feature will roll out to everyone in the US in the coming weeks. It uses a custom version of the Gemini generative AI model to give conversational responses and pull information from a variety of sources. Read more: Google I/O 2025 Liveblog: Gemini AI Updates, Android XR, Spotlight on AI and more At last year's I/O conference, Google introduced AI Overviews, which have driven a major shift in Google search and in the internet's information environment at large. AI Mode promises an even deeper, more chatbot-like experience right in the search bar. "AI Mode is where we will first bring our frontier capabilities into search," CEO Sundar Pichai said. What's in Google's AI Mode? AI Mode will exist as an extra tab on your normal search bar and a ... Read full article.