Google introduces AI Overviews to Search for all users

Google Search remains the most important aspect of the company's total operation. Google introduced AI-based enhancements for Search at the I/O 2024 developer conference. These features have been evaluated in the company's search labs.

In a blog post, Google announced the launch of AI Overviews in Search. It generates a summary answer to a Google Search query utilizing data from multiple sources. These responses also include links to other websites with more thorough information. Google says:

With AI Overviews, people are visiting a greater diversity of websites for help with more complex questions. And we see that the links included in AI Overviews get more clicks than if the page had appeared as a traditional web listing for that query. As we expand this experience, we’ll continue to focus on sending valuable traffic to publishers and creators.

AI Overviews are currently available to Google Search users in the United States, with plans to expand to other regions of the world in coming months.

Google is aiming to integrate planning tools into Search. If you want to plan your next vacation or learn how to prepare a specific recipe, Google Search will soon be able to provide customized strategies to help you attain your goals. Once a plan has been developed and finished, it may be imported into Google Docs or Gmail. It is now available in the Search Labs for English in the United States.

Google is also improving its AI for video searches. The company stated:

Maybe you bought a record player at a thrift shop, but it’s not working when you turn it on and the metal piece with the needle is drifting unexpectedly. Searching with video saves you the time and trouble of finding the right words to describe this issue, and you’ll get an AI Overview with steps and resources to troubleshoot.

The feature is also being tested in Search Labs by US English users.