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What India searched in 2025 as AI and visual queries reshape search trends

Google said AI made Search more helpful in 2025, driving a 70% global jump in visual searches and bringing features like AI Mode and Search Live to India, where Lens usage leads the world

Google app gets Pinterest-like 'Images' tab: Check what's new, availability

Google adds a new "Images" tab to its app, offering a Pinterest-like experience that helps users browse, save and organise visuals tailored to their interests.

Searches: Book explains how we turned to internet to understand ourselves

The strength of Searches, despite its banal moments, lies in the breathing space allowed to each digital experiment without judgments or definitive conclusions

Explained: How Google's own inventions now threaten its search monopoly

Google's 2017 Transformer paper and its open-source Chromium project powered a tech revolution that is now reshaping, and possibly eroding, the company's long-held search dominance

Google rolls out Search Live in India: How is it different from Gemini Live

Google expands its AI-driven Search Live feature to India, supporting English and Hindi, while adding seven new Indian languages to AI Mode for a more localised experience

The Google antitrust ruling explained – Win or warning?

A recent major antitrust ruling just shook the tech world. On September 2, Google just dodged the worst possible penalties and survived a major legal battle, but not without scars.

Best of BS Opinion: Ethanol blend welcome, but water security a key concern

Today's wrap of the Opinion Page considers the E20 mandate and its potential impacts, what a US court's ruling on Google means, India's spice trade, and the regulatory aspects of options trading

Google News now shows top stories from your preferred sources: How it works

Google Search's new Preferred Sources feature lets users in India and the US customise Top Stories by prioritising favourite news outlets for relevant searches

Reddit plans major AI push to rival Google in search engine market: Report

Reportedly, Reddit is focusing on search tools and AI features to turn the platform into a full search engine and reduce dependence on Google

Google introduces 'Web Guide' feature for AI-curated Search page results

Google's Web Guide uses Gemini AI to organise search results into thematic clusters, offering structured insights for open-ended queries in an experimental Search Labs feature

Google Search announces Gemini 2.5 Pro integration, agentic calling feature

Google is expanding Search's AI Mode with Gemini 2.5 Pro for deeper queries and a new feature that can call local businesses to check prices and appointments

Google Discover on iOS, Android shows AI summaries, bookmark option: Report

Google is testing AI-powered article summaries and a quicker save icon in Discover on Android and iOS, giving users more context before clicking through stories

Google adds shoppable ads on CTV, mastheads on mobile for YouTube in India

Google introduces shoppable CTV ads and mobile mastheads on YouTube in India, enabling QR code interaction and new shopping features for users during key moments and product launches

Google launches 'AI Mode' in Search in India: What is it and how to use

Google's AI Mode in Search, now rolling out to users in India, brings Gemini-powered multimodal responses and richer answers to complex, conversational queries

Google launches AI-powered Doppl app to let users try outfits virtually

Doppl app will let users upload a photo to create a digital version of themselves and virtually try on outfits using AI

Now, Google lets users customise Top Stories with their preferred websites

Google is testing a Labs feature that lets users customise their Top Stories feed by selecting favourite websites, starting in the US and India

Google brings AI Mode to Search in India: How it works and what it offers

Google Search AI Mode is now live in India via Labs, offering AI-generated answers to complex queries with support for voice, images, and context-rich responses powered by Gemini AI

Google Search now lets users have voice chat with AI Mode: How it works

Presently, Google's Search Live feature in AI Mode is only available to those users in the US region who have enrolled in the AI Mode experiment in Labs

Google expands 'AI Audio Overviews' feature to Search: Here's how it works

Google is testing AI-generated audio summaries in Search, offering playback tools, source links, and feedback options through its Labs programme

Google begins testing 'Search Live' in AI Mode: Here is what it can do

Google is testing 'Search Live' in AI Mode for real-time, voice-based Search. Users can ask follow-up questions and get instant answers via audio or transcript