Google is deepening the use of generative artificial intelligence across its consumer products, starting with a new “Store Reviews” feature in Chrome that gives U.S. desktop users an AI-written summary of an online retailer’s reputation. By clicking the site-information icon to the left of a web address, shoppers see a pop-up that condenses ratings on product quality, pricing, customer service and returns, drawing on data from review partners including Trustpilot, ScamAdviser, Bazaarvoice and others. The tool is available only in English at launch; Google has not said when it will reach mobile devices or additional languages. A day later the company broadened AI Mode in Google Search, extending the experimental service to users in the U.K. and adding a slate of new capabilities. Desktop users can now ask questions about uploaded images and, in the coming weeks, PDFs. A Canvas side-panel lets people save and refine AI-generated plans—such as travel itineraries—while Search Live gains real-time video input and Lens in Chrome will soon answer questions about whatever appears on a user’s screen. The updates follow similar AI-driven shopping tools introduced by Amazon and arrive as a wave of challenger browsers touting built-in AI agents tests Chrome’s dominance. By embedding generative AI more deeply in its browser and search products, Google is trying to keep users within its ecosystem as it readies broader agentic capabilities announced at this year’s I/O developer conference.
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New ways to learn and explore with AI Mode in Search 🧠 - Upload photos and soon, PDFs, to ask questions that deepen your understanding - Create plans and stay organized on projects with Canvas in AI Mode, which will soon be available for U.S. users enrolled in the AI Mode Labs https://t.co/znt0aQwQgz