Google is expanding AI Mode worldwide to 180 additional countries in English with plans for more languages and regions. The feature enables multi-turn, complex queries within Search and now includes agentic actions such as finding restaurant reservations, with future support for local service appointments and event tickets. Users can specify preferences like party size, date, time, location, and cuisine, and AI Mode searches multiple reservation platforms for real-time availability and curated options. The capability is launching for U.S. Google AI Ultra subscribers via an experiment in Labs. AI Mode will personalize U.S. search results using past conversations and Search and Maps interactions, beginning with dining, and users can adjust personalization settings.
Google is launching a global expansion of AI Mode, its experimental feature that allows users to ask complex questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within Search, the company announced on Thursday. The tech giant is also bringing new agentic and personalized capabilities to the feature. As part of the expansion, Google is bringing AI Mode to 180 new countries in English. Up until now, it's only been available to users in the U.S., U.K., and India.
In terms of the new agentic features, users can now use AI Mode to find restaurant reservations, and in the future, they'll be able to find local service appointments and event tickets. Users can request dinner reservations based on multiple preferences, such as party size, date, time, location, and preferred cuisine. AI Mode will then search across different reservation platforms to find real-time availability for restaurants that match the inquiry. It then surfaces a curated list of options to choose from.
This new capability is rolling out for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the U.S. through the "Agentic capabilities in AI Mode" experiment in Labs, Google's experimental arm. (Ultra is Google's highest-end plan, at $249.99 per month.) Google says that U.S. users in the AI Mode experiment will also now see search results tailored to their individual preferences and interests. The tech giant is starting with dining-related topics for this capability.
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