What Is Google AI Mode?

Google AI Mode is a separate feature from AI Overviews, offering a fully conversational search experience rather than a summary sitting above regular results. It lets a user ask a question, get an AI generated answer, then follow up with more questions in the same thread.

It behaves more like a chat assistant than a traditional search page, closer in feel to ChatGPT or Perplexity than to classic Google search results.

Google has been rolling it out gradually as a distinct tab or mode, alongside AI Overviews rather than replacing them outright.

Being ready for both surfaces at once is part of what software for AI search visibility builds toward.