AI Mode
Google’s chat-style search tab, where you ask follow-up questions and get AI-written answers with sources.
In plain English
AI Mode works more like ChatGPT than a results page. It breaks a question into many smaller searches, combines what it finds and keeps the conversation going. Businesses show up as cited sources and as named recommendations inside the answer.
In practice
In AI Mode, a shopper asks for “a family dentist near Plano that takes Delta Dental and is open Saturdays” and gets a short list with reasons for each pick.
Related terms
AI search basicsStarter AI Overview The AI-written summary Google shows above its normal results, with a handful of linked sources. In practice, and related terms → How AI reads the webPro Query fan-out When an AI splits one question into many smaller searches, then combines what it finds. In practice, and related terms → AI search basicsStarter Conversational search Searching by asking full questions and follow-ups, the way you would ask a person. In practice, and related terms →