Overview

• Google used an animated Doodle on Google.com and Chrome’s new tab page to direct users to AI Mode
• The promotion features a built-in share button to encourage distribution of the new multimodal search tool
• AI Mode blends AI-generated summaries with traditional web results to deliver direct answers to complex queries
• Powered by Google’s Gemini 2.5 model, the feature accepts text, voice and image inputs for richer search interactions
• AI Mode is broadly available to users in the United States and is undergoing trials in India ahead of wider rollout