Google Search is getting its biggest changes ever
Google Search is entering the next phase of its AI evolution. During Google I/O 2026, the company showed off a reimagined search box that makes it easier to flow between AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries that appear at the top of search results, and AI Mode, Google’s chatbot-like search experience.
Powered by the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, Google’s updated search box expands for longer queries, while offering a new AI-powered autocomplete feature to build on your question. Robby Stein, Google’s vice president of product for Search, told The Verge you’ll “reliably” see AI Overviews if you ask a natural-language question. Asking follow-up questions in an AI Overview will redirect you to AI Mode, but you can just jump straight into AI Mode by attaching documents, photos, videos, and Chrome tabs to the search box and entering a question.
Liz Reid, Google’s vice president of Search, said during...
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