Powered by the new Gemini 3.5 Flash model, Google’s updated search box expands for longer queries, while offering a new AI-powered autocomplete feature to build on your question. Robby Stein, Google’s vice president of product for Search, told The Verge you’ll “reliably” see AI Overviews if you ask a natural-language question. Asking follow-up questions in an AI Overview will redirect you to AI Mode, but you can just jump straight into AI Mode by attaching documents, photos, videos, and Chrome tabs to the search box and entering a question.

Liz Reid, Google’s vice president of Search, said during a briefing that the company wanted to eliminate the “friction” between AI Overviews and AI Mode. “We really work to make that much more seamless and simplified, so that for most users, they don’t have to think about where to go, they can just go to the search box they’re familiar with and it feels like they get the best experience afterwards,” Reid said.

The updated search box is rolling out across desktop and mobile devices globally starting on Tuesday. You can still view traditional results only by selecting the “Web” tab in Google Search.

Google is also moving toward a future where it does the googling for you. This summer, it will roll out new AI information agents for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers that can monitor topics when you’re not online. If you want to keep track of when your favorite band is going on tour, for example, Google’s AI agents can look for upcoming shows in the background and then notify you of an update. “You could be asleep, and it’s researching, finding information, doing tasks for you,” Stein said.