You can now see AI overviews in Google search results in India
Google announced on Thursday that its AI Overviews is getting several new features and is expanding to new regions. With the update, the Google Search-based snapshot feature will be available in India and six other countries. The expansion will also include support for local languages in each country. Notably, AI Overviews rolled out in May and was only available in the US. Along with the expansion, the tech giant also rolled out a minor redesign and is also testing two new experimental features.
Google AI Overviews gets an update
In a blog postGoogle announced multiple updates surrounding AI Overviews, the most notable of which is the availability of the artificial intelligence (AI) feature in more regions. The tech giant has expanded it to six countries, including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, and the UK, in addition to the US. The feature will show text in each country’s local language. However, it’s unclear if the snapshots will be available in all of the country’s regional languages.
Along with the expansion, a small design change has also been added. Now, users will see a URL icon at the end of each paragraph in the AI Overviews to prominently display the relevant websites where the content comes from. The specific sentence that contains content from the website will still be highlighted.
Google said it is also testing the option to add the link within the text, so users can easily click and see the source of the information. “Showing links to supporting web pages directly in AI Overviews drives more traffic to publisher sites,” the company claimed.
In addition, the tech giant is also testing two new experimental features. The first feature allows users to save a specific AI summary in case the user wants to refer to it in the future. This To rescue The button will be at the end of the text, next to the thumbs up and thumbs down options.
Once you’re done, searching for the same query will return the same AI overview. These can also be checked by tapping the profile icon and going to the Interest page.
The second experimental feature allows users to view the snapshot in simpler language. This can be toggled on or off with a single tap and the option is only available for specific topics that are technical in nature. Both features are only available to those who have opted into the “AI Overviews and more” experiment in Search Labs and are located in the US. The experimental features are only available in English.
