Google has launched a new option in its AI Mode for Search called Search Live. It lets users have a voice conversation, back and forth, with the search engine itself. This is now available to users in the United States who have joined the AI Mode experiment through the Google app on Android and iOS.
With Search Live, users can tap a new “Live” icon in the app to ask questions aloud and receive AI-generated audio responses. They can also ask follow-up questions without restarting the conversation.
As users interact with Search Live, they see links from across the web on their screen, so they can check the link if they want to for more in-depth information. There is also a transcript button, which lets users view the text of the conversation, like subtitles, but with the entire text at once. Previous conversations are saved in the AI Mode history.
Google says Search Live is powered by a custom version of its Gemini AI, which uses new voice capabilities to give reliable and context-aware responses, as reported by TechCrunch. The system uses a “query fan-out” technique, which means it breaks down questions into multiple sub-queries to give a more diverse set of answers and links.
