Google reimagines search with AI agents and generative interfaces
Google LLC’s search is getting an artificial intelligence makeover today, as the company announced during its Google I/O developer conference that it’s upgrading the search experience to “reimagine it with AI,” making it feel less like a static results page and more like an AI workspace.
At the forefront, the search box itself will now expand to let users type and view longer queries as they write. According to Google, with the rise of AI-enabled searches, users are beginning to ask longer and more complicated questions about what they’re looking for, and the constrained search box is getting in their way.
Now, as they type, the search box will enlarge so users can see more of what they’re writing, similar to the larger AI Mode query field. It will also allow users to search across different inputs, including text, images, videos and Chrome tabs.
Users will still get a potential AI summary and a list of results in every search, but now they’ll also get an additional follow-up box directly below the AI Overview. This will flow into a conversational back-and-forth within AI Mode. There will no longer be a need to click a button to trigger AI follow-ups.
