Google is turning its familiar search box into a multimodal AI interface, merging AI Overviews with AI Mode and changing how users search the web.

Google is redesigning Search’s core input around AI Mode and multimodal queries, a shift that could reshape web discovery, ads, and enterprise workflows.

Meta introduced AI Mode on Facebook, a new search experience powered by Meta AI that surfaces answers from public posts across its platforms.

Google is pushing Search toward AI-powered, agentic experiences that complete tasks and reshape traditional web discovery.

Google's updated AI Mode in Search can now contact local retailers on users' behalf to check product availability at nearby stores.

Google's AI Mode in Chrome now lets users open source links alongside their AI conversation, enabling follow-up questions without losing context.

Google has expanded Canvas in AI Mode to all U.S. users in English, enabling anyone to draft documents, build shareable apps, and conduct deep research directly within Google Search using Gemini's AI capabilities.

Google employees begin testing AI Mode for Search, a supercharged AI-powered feature designed for exploratory questions and complex reasoning tasks.