Google Search Live Gets a Gemini Audio Upgrade for Smoother Replies

Search Live gets an upgrade with Gemini 2.5 native audio, delivering faster, more natural voice conversations and hands-free ...
The New York Times

Google Introduced a New Way to Use Search. Proceed With Caution.

AI Mode excels at tasks like product research for online shopping. But it falls short on basic web searches. By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s lead consumer technology writer and the ...
Android Police

Google Search is not what it used to be: Here are my 5 favorite alternatives

Faith writes guides, how-tos, and roundups on the latest Android games and apps for Android Police. You'll find her writing about the newest free-to-play game to hit Android or discussing her paranoia ...
CNET

Google Search Changes Are Killing Websites in an Age of AI Spam

Google's major search algorithm updates this past year have left many smaller websites with no other choice than to lay off staff. The internet is worse for it. Imad is a senior reporter covering ...
Android Authority

Is Google AI Mode better than regular Google Search? I tested both, and there's a clear winner

If you’re a regular user of Google Search (which you almost certainly are), you’ve likely noticed Google’s consistent push for more AI features on the search engine. At last year’s Google I/O, Google ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Search Console Now Counting AI Mode Clicks, Impressions & Positions

Google has now officially confirmed that Google Search Console is counting AI Mode data. Google said, "AI Mode is now counting towards totals in Search Console." We saw this when AI Mode went fully ...
The New York Times

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling

Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted. By David McCabe David McCabe has covered the Google search ...