Google AI Mode Now Open to Everyone

Google is opening the floodgates on AI Mode, the experimental feature in Labs that builds on the company’s AI Overviews in Search. Starting today, anyone in the US aged 18 or older can access AI Mode instantly without a waitlist, offering a more powerful, flexible way to ask questions and explore information online.

AI Mode is built to handle questions that go beyond your typical search — the kind you’d typically ask a friend or type out in a forum. You can get specific, ask follow-ups, and dig deeper into topics without starting over each time. Whether you’re trying to figure out the best insurance for your new pet or hunting for a camping chair that fits in your backpack and budget, AI Mode gives you solid, tailored results — not just a pile of links.

This new rollout is part of Google’s broader AI search strategy. In a recent update, AI Mode introduced multimodal search, allowing users to combine text, images, and voice into a single query for more natural and intuitive results. This is especially handy for mobile users with the Google app.

Google’s also making things more useful at a glance. If you’re looking up a local restaurant or store, you’ll now see cards with reviews, hours, photos, and even how busy it is in real time. Shopping results are getting an upgrade too — you’ll see live prices, promotions, and local availability, pulled straight from Google’s Shopping Graph.

To help users stay on task, AI Mode also adds a new left-side desktop panel that stores your recent searches so you can revisit and continue projects seamlessly.

While still labeled as an experiment, Google has started testing an AI Mode tab in regular Search for a small percentage of users. You can try it now via Google Labs.