Get Ready for Google's Biggest Search Upgrade in 25 Years. Here's How AI Will Change How You Get Answers

AI Mode in Google Search has reached over 1 billion monthly users. Google plans to add information agents that run in the background 24-7 to find what users need at the right moment. These agents will scan blogs, news sites, social media posts, and real-time data such as finance and sports results, then notify users when new items match a specific query. When relevant information is found, users receive an intelligent, synthesized update they can act on, such as continuous apartment listing checks based on requirements. For now, the agent service will be available first to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. For other users, Google is launching a major Search box upgrade within AI Mode using Gemini 3.5 Flash, enabling dynamic expansion and AI-powered suggestions using text, images, files, video, and Chrome tabs.

"Google is pretty excited about using AI to enhance the search experience. Its chatbot-like AI Mode, for example, has now topped 1 billion monthly users, it announced at Google I/O this week. Digital publishers worldwide are less enthusiastic, but that does not seem to be top of mind for Google. People are "searching more than ever before," it says, which is probably why we're about to get even more AI in search."

"That includes "information agents" that will do the searching for you. They'll work in the background 24-7 to "find exactly what you need at exactly the right moment," by perusing blogs, news sites, social media posts, and real-time data like finance and sports results to alert you to anything new with a specific query. If it finds anything, you'll get "an intelligent, synthesized update" that you can act on, Google says."

"It uses the example of someone who's apartment hunting. They "brain dump" all their requirements, "and your agent will continuously scan for you, notifying you when listings meet your needs," Google says. For now, that kind of service will cost you: It's rolling out first this summer for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers."

"With its new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, search will be "more intuitive than ever, dynamically expanding to give you space to describe exactly what you need," Google says. You can drop in text, images, files, video, or Chrome tabs for "AI-powered suggestions that go beyond autocomplete.""

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