The Search AI Overviews feature has been rolled out to all users in India. As well as India, the feature is now available in the UK, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil. Previously, only those who signed up for the Google Labs beta version could access the feature. In AI Overviews, the uninitiated can learn more about a topic with links to Google Search.
In May, Google showcased the AI Overviews at I/O 2024. During that time, only Americans had access to the feature. Six new countries, including India, have joined the program.
The AI Overviews app is launching in Hindi and English in India according to the official blog post. Users can switch between English and Hindi results by clicking the language toggle button on top. Users can also listen to responses by clicking the Listen button.
Specifically, Indians use AI Overview responses more often than users in other countries, according to Google. On the search results page, Google Search AI Overviews shows concise summaries and relevant links.
Instead of splitting up search queries into multiple strings, users can now search complex questions. With AI Overviews on the desktop, the company has added more ways to check out relevant sites by adding relevant site links.
Google says it has seen “higher engagement from younger users, aged 18-24, when they use Search with AI Overviews” even though AI Overviews may dream a lot (and consider satire to be reality). AI Overviews are probably better than TikTok in that regard. “People prefer using Google Search with AI Overviews, and they find the search results more helpful,” says Google. It doesn’t seem to matter whether they’re more accurate.
You can now save a specific AI Overview in Search Labs for future reference. The new Save button appears beneath your AI Overview. By tapping your profile icon and navigating to your Interests page, you can see your saved ones. You must enrol in the “AI Overviews and more” experiment in Search Labs before you can access this feature.
Lastly, you can simplify the language on some AI Overviews with one tap, which may come in handy if you’re new to a topic and want to digest the information more easily. If Google had called this button “Take it down, please”, there would have been a huge opportunity lost.
