Google announced Search Live in AI Mode in June of last year, and now the feature is expanding to over 200 countries and territories. Basically, it’s now available everywhere AI Mode is, and in all languages that AI Mode works in.
Search Live is a conversational experience built into Google Search’s AI Mode. To enter it, open the Google app on Android or iOS and tap the Live icon under the search bar. Once you do, you can ask questions, get audio responses, then continue the conversation with follow-up questions or dive deeper through web links.
You can also ask about something that’s in front of you, if you enable the camera – this will provide additional context. Like you have a new thing you need to install, point the camera at the thing and ask how to do it. You can also access Search Live in Google Lens, by tapping the Live option at the bottom of the screen.
If all of this seems eerily similar to Gemini Live, it’s because it is. But it’s not in Gemini, it’s in Google Search. That’s pretty much the gist of it. If you prefer a text mode, there’s the Transcript option for that, and Search Live also works in the background on your phone, so you can keep talking even when you’re in another app.