In May, Google introduced AI Overviews at its Google I/O 2024 event. This new feature in Google search lets a user get the answer to more complex, follow-up questions. This feature was earlier rolled out in the US. After extensive testing and positive feedback in the US and Search Labs globally, Google is now rolling out the AI Overviews feature to more countries including India.
Along with India, this feature is also rolled out in the UK, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil with local language support in each country.
AI Overviews are now expanding to users in India ✨
👉 Launching in English and Hindi
👉 Toggle between both languages
👉 Listen to your resultsHere’s to making your Search experiences more helpful with Gen AI ✨
🔗 Learn more: https://t.co/YJ6pKfdmuG pic.twitter.com/yK5OuXhyU6
— Google India (@GoogleIndia) August 22, 2024
In India, AI Overviews is rolled out in English and Hindi while the company is also introducing popular India-first features that were well received during Google’s Search Labs experiment- helping users easily toggle between English and Hindi results with the language toggle button and listen to responses with Text-to-speech by tapping the ‘Listen’ button. According to Google’s blog post, as part of the testing, it was revealed that Indian users listen to AI Overviews responses more often than other countries.
The company is introducing more ways to check out relevant websites while you search with a new right-hand link display for AI Overviews on desktop- also accessible on mobile by tapping the site icons on the upper right. This update is rolling out globally for AI Overviews in all launched countries and for Search Labs users in more than 120 countries and territories.
Apart from this Google is also currently testing the addition of links to relevant web pages directly within the text of AI Overviews making it even easier for people to click out and visit sites that interest them.
