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Google AI Mode Adds Image-Based Search with Multimodal Capabilities

The update integrates Google Lens and Gemini AI, enabling users to upload images and ask complex questions, now available to millions more U.S. Labs users.

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Overview

  • Google's AI Mode now supports multimodal search, combining Google Lens and Gemini AI to analyze and respond to image-based queries.
  • The feature allows users to upload photos, ask detailed questions about them, and receive nuanced, context-rich responses with links for further exploration.
  • Using a 'query fan-out' technique, AI Mode generates multiple sub-queries about an image and its objects to deliver comprehensive results.
  • Initially available only to Google One AI Premium subscribers, AI Mode's expanded access now includes millions of U.S. Labs users.
  • This enhancement positions Google to compete with AI search platforms like ChatGPT Search and Perplexity AI by offering more interactive and visually driven search capabilities.