Google further buries search results under AI mode
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Google’s AI Mode in Search now includes trip-planning capabilities, allowing users to track flight prices, compare options, and book hotels directly within the interface. The feature expands the assistant-style experience while pushing traditional search results further down the page, emphasizing the AI-driven tools over conventional listings.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechCrunch·Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
Google’s AI Mode now lets users track flight prices, request email alerts for changes, and view options from over 300 airlines across more than 180 countries. It also supports hotel discovery and booking through conversational prompts, integrating partners such as Booking.com, Expedia, Hilton and Marriott, with payments via Google Pay. Users can ask for prices in points or miles, receiving mileage requirements for specified routes.
- Engadget·Google brings trip-planning features to Search's AI Mode
Google added flight price-tracking, mileage/points cost displays, and hotel booking to Search’s AI Mode, letting users ask the chatbot for flight options from over 300 airlines and receive email alerts when prices change. The mileage/points feature currently supports Alaska/ Hawaiian Airlines, American Airlines, Choice, Hilton and Wyndham, with more carriers coming soon. Hotel bookings can be made via Google Pay using partners such as Expedia, Marriott and Priceline, initially in the US English version.
- The Verge·Google further buries search results under AI mode
Google now auto-expands its AI-generated overview at the top of the results page for certain queries, replacing the previous partial view with a full summary and an “Ask anything” box before the traditional list of links. This pushes the standard link results farther down, often requiring users to scroll more to reach them. The specific criteria Google uses to trigger the auto-expansion are not disclosed.
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