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Google Tests Seamless Hand-Off From AI Overviews to AI Mode on Mobile

A global mobile experiment lets searchers open a Gemini chat from the results page to advance Google’s conversational Search vision.

Overview

  • From an AI Overview, tapping Show more or the new Dive deeper in AI Mode option switches the same page into AI Mode and surfaces an Ask anything bar for immediate follow-ups.
  • The test is live for mobile users worldwide but remains mobile-only for now, and Google has not provided a timeline for general availability.
  • Google typically runs such experiments for several months before deciding whether to make them permanent, signaling an evaluation period ahead.
  • Google is also expanding Gemini 3 Pro and Nano Banana in Search to roughly 120 countries for English users, with advanced capabilities limited to Google AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers.
  • Publishers may see fewer referral clicks as more queries are resolved in AI-generated responses, and the shift could accelerate given AI Overviews’ ~2 billion monthly users and Gemini’s ~650 million.