5 new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Search
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Google introduces new AI Mode and AI Overviews features that use generative AI to help users explore web content more efficiently, supporting multi-turn conversations, deep aggregation, and source tracing.
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- AI Mode enables multi-turn natural language interaction for progressive search r
- AI Overviews automatically generate summaries by integrating information from mu
- The features are now live in select regions and will expand to more devices and
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介绍 Google 如何通过生成式 AI 提升搜索效率。
支持连续对话式搜索，理解上下文并迭代结果。
自动生成答案摘要，聚合网页信息并标注来源。
展示旅行规划、技术学习等真实使用案例。
当前在部分国家和地区上线，支持移动端和桌面端。
计划集成更多模型能力，提升个性化和准确性。
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- 生成式AI在搜索中的应用
- AI Mode
- 多轮对话
- 上下文理解
- AI Overviews
- 内容聚合
- 来源追溯
- 部署情况
- Android/iOS
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With AI Mode, you can now have back-and-forth conversations to refine your search and dive deeper into topics.
AI Overviews generate a clear summary of the answer, pulling insights from multiple sites across the web.
These features are rolling out now on Android and iOS in the U.S., with plans to expand globally.
How AI Mode and AI Overviews help you explore the web
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5 new ways to explore the web with generative AI in Search
May 06, 2026
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We’re rolling out new updates to AI Mode and AI Overviews to help you easily find relevant websites, deep insights and original content from across the web.
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Google is updating its AI search features to help you find original content and trusted sources more easily. You will now see relevant article suggestions, direct links within responses, and previews of websites and personal perspectives to guide your research. If you are a publisher, please fill out the provided form to link your news subscriptions for your readers.
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Google is updating its AI search features to help you find better websites and original content. You’ll now see more links directly in your search results that lead to helpful articles, personal advice and your own news subscriptions. These changes make it easier to explore topics deeply and know exactly where a link will take you before you click. It’s all about connecting you with the best sources on the web.
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With the rapid advances in AI, we’re constantly upgrading our generative AI experiences in Search, like AI Mode and AI Overviews. These experiences are most helpful when they make it easy for you to connect with authentic voices and explore useful information across the web. That’s why we're continuing to improve how we show links in our AI Search features, and developing new ways to help you find the sources, brands and websites you value.
Here are five new updates to help you explore relevant websites, deep insights and original content:
1. Explore new angles.
An AI response is often just the beginning of exploring a topic you’re interested in. To make it easier to dive deeper into the web after your initial query, you’ll start to see suggestions for where to go next at the end of many AI responses. This section links to unique articles or in-depth analyses on different facets of your topic, making it easy to satisfy your curiosity. For example, if you’re looking into how cities have added more green space, you might see a case study on a successful stream restoration in Seoul, or a report on how architects designed New York’s High Line park.
Links to in-depth articles in response to a search for information about municipal green spaces
2. Easily access your news subscriptions.
Your favorite sources should be easy to find. We’re now rolling out a new feature that highlights links from your news subscriptions in AI Mode and AI Overviews, so you can quickly access the content you trust and get more value from your subscriptions.
For publishers who want to learn more about helping their subscribers link subscriptions with Google, fill out this form. In early testing, we saw that people were significantly more likely to click links that were labeled as their subscriptions.
Article links in an AI response about kid-friendly Nashville events have "Subscribed" labels so you can easily spot content from your subscriptions
3. Get advice from people who have been there.
For many searches, people are increasingly seeking out advice from others. To help you find the most helpful insights to explore further, AI responses will now include a preview of perspectives from public online discussions, social media, and other firsthand sources. We’re also adding more context to these links, like a creator’s name, handle, or community name, to help you decide which discussions you might want to read or participate in. For example, if you’re researching how to take great pictures of the northern lights, you might see quotes from a photography forum advising on exposure time, along with clickable links – featuring the specific community name – so you can jump to the full conversation.
Quotes about photographing the northern lights from an aurora borealis tour company and photography community. Note: This feature will display different titles, such as “Community Perspectives,” depending on the query and the response. Note: This feature will display different titles, such as “Community Perspectives,” depending on the query and the response.
Quotes about photographing the northern lights from an aurora borealis tour company and photography community. Note: This feature will display different titles, such as “Community ...Read more
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Quotes about weeding from two gardening-related websites.
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4. See links right where you need them.
To help you dig deeper into useful websites as you’re reading, you’ll now also see more links directly within AI responses — right next to the relevant text. For example, if you search for information about a California bike trip, you might see a series of bullet points about the route. With this update, you may now see a link to a Pacific coast bike touring guide right next to the bullet point about terrain, or a link to a blog post with training suggestions next to the bullet point about daily mileage.
An AI response for a search about biking the California coast, with links next to relevant bullet points
5. Get more context on linked websites.
To give you the context you need to explore the web, we’re now giving you a quick preview of a website when you hover over an inline link in our AI experiences on desktop. You’ll see helpful information, like the name of the website or title of the web page, so you have a better idea of the site to help you click through. We’ve seen that people might hesitate to click a link if they’re not sure exactly where it leads — so this update will help people feel more confident about visiting helpful websites.
A preview of a website in an AI response about passport renewal
We’re continuing to enhance how we show and rank links in our generative AI Search experiences and using techniques like query fan-out, which helps us dive deeper into the web to find the most relevant sites for your search.
By improving the visibility and helpfulness of links and showcasing original voices, we're building AI in Search to help you discover the richness of the web, connecting you directly with the sources and creators you’re looking for. We'll keep testing, learning and improving these features based on what works best for you.
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