Overview

• Users can now upload PDFs in AI Mode on desktop to ask detailed questions about document contents, with the AI cross-referencing web data and linking sources
• The new Canvas feature creates a dynamic side panel where users build and refine multi-session plans and soon will support file uploads for personalized context
• Search Live integrates live video input through Google Lens, allowing real-time conversational queries based on camera feeds on mobile devices
• AI Mode in desktop browsers has added complex image analysis and will soon let users activate AI Mode for any webpage via an “Ask Google about this page” option in Chrome’s address bar
• These enhancements, powered by Google’s Gemini 2.5 model, are being phased into U.S. and Indian Search Labs while AI Mode goes live for all U.K. users