Google overhauls its search box, letting users ask longer queries, upload photos and videos, and use Gemini 3.5 Flash-powered agents to automate searches
Powered by a new Gemini A.I. model, the tech giant is overhauling its search box to answer longer queries, introducing a video-generation …
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Discussion
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@wongmjane
Jane Manchun Wong
on x
This entire session is just Google Search beating the dead horse (Perplexity) that's been dead since last year, over and over again [image]
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@heykellyjensen
Kelly Jensen
on bluesky
And at a time when information literacy is dwindling, mis and dis information abound, and libraries and librarians are shrinking. — I want a goddamn link, not some plagiarism machine's interpretation of the link. — techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/g...
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r/BetterOffline
r
on reddit
Google Search as you know it is over: Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times
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@aleyda
Aleyda Solis
on bluesky
🚨 Google just announced what it calls the biggest upgrade to the Search box in more than 25 years 👇 — A new AI-powered Search box is designed to go beyond keywords and autocomplete. — Read announcement: blog.google/products-and... [image]
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@loudpenitent
@loudpenitent
on bluesky
Ok. It looks like they're not *removing* direct links or conventional searches, but they ARE in effect trying to integrate Gemini and Search into a singular platform with codable ongoing agents. (Bc I guess we needed more notifications.) — blog.google/products-and...
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@jjaron
Jacob Aron
on bluesky
Ever since I was a little boy I always dreamed that one day I would grow up into a raw data provider www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/b... [image]
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r/technology
r
on reddit
Google Search as you know it is over
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@markocantdunk
Justin Serb-Ert
on x
ENOUGH!!! [image]
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@googleai
@googleai
on x
Today, we launched a brand-new intelligent Search box. Here's what that means: An upgrade to the Search experience with our most advanced Gemini 3.5 models, bringing with them our latest agentic capabilities You can ask across modalities (text, images, files, and videos) and [vid…
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@alexgroberman
Alex Groberman
on x
Google just announced a major change to how Search will work. This will have an increasingly significant impact on how buyers will find your brand. Here is what Google announced at I/O today: Step 1: The user does a total brain dump of what they want to stay updated on. Step
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@shishirshelke1
Shishir
on x
Google just announced the biggest upgrade to Search in over 25 years 🚨 - Gemini 3.5 Flash is now the default model powering AI Mode - New search box designed for longer, natural language queries - Upload documents, photos, videos and even Chrome tabs directly into Search - [video…
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@garrettkidney
Garrett Kidney
on x
Google search was one of the most simple, effective and successful products of the 21st century and to see the way Google have steadily deteriorated it over the last decade is astonishing.
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@5le
Eli Schwartz
on x
Expect Google search clicks to continue falling. The features that Google announced today give more reasons to use Google search but less reasons to go to websites. [image]
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@mikeisaac
Rat King
on x
hope you like more AI in your google searches b/c google is gonna shove more of it in there @trippmickle has the story https://www.nytimes.com/... [image]
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@duckduckgo
@duckduckgo
on x
On this side, user choice matters. All AI features at DuckDuckGo are optional and links aren't going anywhere on our search engine. (We also don't spy on you, but that's a whole other thing.)
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@alliekmiller
Allie K. Miller
on x
Google just announced agentic coding in search. Based on your search, Gemini processes your ask, decides whether it should build a new interface, reasons through the steps, and creates a personalized interface for you. It's powered by Antigravity. Sort of like artifacts. [image]
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@officiallogank
Logan Kilpatrick
on x
Today we are starting to roll out the biggest upgrade to the Google Search box in over 25 years — now completely reimagined with AI, along with Gemini 3.5 Flash as the new default model for AI mode users globally! [video]