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New Google Feature Offers Podcast-Style Answers to Search Queries
- Google announced on Friday that it is experimenting with Audio Overviews in Search Labs, using its Gemini AI models to create conversational audio summaries.
- This experiment builds on Audio Overviews first introduced in NotebookLM, Google’s AI research assistant that generates podcasts with AI hosts from user documents.
- The feature aims to help users who multitask or prefer audio by delivering quick overviews that cite third-party sources and include playback controls on mobile and desktop.
- Google said the audio overview can take up to 40 seconds to generate and will use Gemini to analyze multiple sources, while users can give feedback via thumbs up or down.
- The AI integration follows a reported 10%+ increase in queries showing AI Overviews but raises concerns about reduced traffic to news publishers and third-party sites.
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New Google feature offers podcast-style answers to search queries
Google is rolling out a test that puts its AI-powered Audio Overviews on the first page of search results on mobile. The experiment, which you can enable in Labs, will let you generate an AI podcast-style discussion for certain queries. If you search for something like, “How do noise cancellation headphones work?”, Google will display a button beneath the “People also ask” module that says, “Generate Audio Overview.” Once you click the button, i…
Google’s AI now speaks in search results
Google is not just showing you the answers anymore; now it will say them out loud. Google’s latest move is to test the AI-generated voice summaries inside search. Instead of scrolling through headlines or skimming them, users will hear Google itself speak in response, written by AI, voiced by a system, and shaped by its priorities. Google will start narrating the web, and it’s not just helping… Source
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