AI Overviews Gets Upgraded to Gemini 3 with a Dash of AI Mode

Google brings AI Mode and Gemini 3 to AI Overviews

Google is bringing AI Mode and Gemini 3 to AI Overviews.

AI Overviews gets upgraded to Gemini 3 with a dash of AI Mode

It can be hard sometimes to keep up with the deluge of generative AI in Google products. Even if you try to avoid it all, there are some features that still manage to get in your face. Case in point: AI Overviews. This AI-powered search experience has a reputation for getting things wrong, but you may notice some improvements soon. Google says AI Overviews is being upgraded to the latest Gemini 3 models with a more conversational bent. In just t…

Google AI Overviews get Gemini 3 upgrade, seamless AI Mode transfer

Google is rolling out two notable updates to AI Overviews in Search, starting with global Gemini 3 availability...

Gemini 3 is now Google's default model for AI Overviews

Google has begun rolling out two upgrades for Search. Starting today, Gemini 3 is the default model powering AI Overviews. When the company debuted its new family of AI systems last November, it first deployed Gemini 3 in AI Overviews through a router that was programmed to direct the most difficult questions to the new system. Now Google is making Gemini 3 the standard for all users globally. In practice, Gemini 3 should prove better at generat…

Google Search now lets you ask AI Overviews follow-up questions

Google is making Search less about links and more about AI. The company is upgrading its AI-powered search features, adding Gemini 3 to AI Overviews and letting users ask follow-up questions "seamlessly" to make sure Search can answer "whatever's on your mind," a move that feels closer to using an AI chatbot than a search engine. If Overviews' summary leaves you wanting more, you can now jump straight into a conversation with AI Mode. "A quick s…

Google now lets users jump from AI Overviews into AI Mode conversations

The tech giant also announced that it's making Gemini 3 the new default model for AI Overviews globally.