AI Mode
Google Search's dedicated AI tab launched in 2025 — a Perplexity-style conversational search interface inside Google.
Definition
AI Mode is Google's chat-style search experience that sits alongside the traditional All tab. It synthesises answers from multiple sources, supports multi-turn conversation, and links to cited pages. AI Mode is built on Gemini and reuses the same citation pipeline as AI Overviews but with deeper, longer answers and follow-up support.
When to use
See also
- AI Overviews — Google Search's AI-generated answer block at the top of results pages, sourced from indexed structured data.
- Gemini — Google's flagship multimodal LLM family powering the Gemini app, Vertex AI, AI Overviews, and Search.
- Perplexity — AI answer engine that searches the live web and returns synthesized answers with inline citations.