AI Mode in Google Search now lets you ask follow-ups from AI Overviews
Your overview can keep its context as you jump into a back-and-forth chat, so you spend less time re-explaining what you meant.
AI mode in Google Search.
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Google is tightening the connection between AI Overviews and AI Mode in Google Search. Starting now, you can ask a follow-up right from an AI Overview and keep the same context as the conversation continues in AI Mode.
It’s a small change with a big payoff if you’ve ever hit the limit of a one-and-done summary. When a quick answer turns into a deeper question, the handoff is supposed to feel seamless, and Google says prominent links remain part of the experience so you can still click out to the web.
Follow-ups without the reset
Google says the new flow is designed to reduce repetition. You start with an Gemini 3-powered AI Overview, ask your next question on the results page, then continue in AI Mode without re-entering the basics that shaped the first answer.
In its testing, Google says people preferred results that can naturally shift into a conversation. The company is framing it as one continuous experience, with links staying visible so you can step past the summary when you want the original pages.
A nudge toward longer searches
Google is aiming at the gap between fast searches and real research. It says Search still needs to be great for quick hits like scores or weather, but it also wants to handle longer, more complex questions that don’t fit into a single response. One question becomes two. Then three.
In practice, the results page starts to behave more like a session. You get the snapshot, then push forward with follow-ups that stay anchored to the same premise instead of starting over every time your question evolves.
Mobile rollout, and what to watch
Google says the jump from AI Overviews into AI Mode is rolling out on mobile globally. That matters, phones are where retyping context feels most annoying, and where a smoother follow-up flow can save time.
For now, treat AI Overviews as a starting point, then move into AI Mode when you need more depth, and use the links when accuracy matters. Keep an eye on availability, Google doesn’t outline timing by country, language, or account type in this update, so the experience may show up gradually.
Paulo Vargas is an English major turned reporter turned technical writer, with a career that has always circled back to…
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