Google is rolling out a major update to its Search experience by combining its “AI Overview” summaries with a more interactive “AI Mode,” allowing users to ask follow-up questions directly from the search results and get deeper, conversational answers.
Under the updated flow, when a user gets an AI-generated summary as part of their search result, they will see an option to “Show more,” which transitions them seamlessly into a chat-like interface powered by Google’s large-language models — letting them refine, expand or dig deeper into the topic without leaving the same screen.
The feature — confirmed by Google’s VP of Products, Robby Stein — is initially being tested on mobile devices globally. In a demo, he showed how a simple travel-packing query could evolve into planning details through a back-and-forth conversational exchange.
The idea is to reduce friction — instead of toggling between a quick summary and a full search/chat mode, users get a “one-stop” experience: summary + conversation + optional web-links.
This represents a shift away from the traditional “search → click → read multiple links” model toward a more interactive “ask → get answers → refine” format. For many users, especially on mobile, this could make searching faster, more intuitive, and more like chatting with an assistant than browsing.
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