--- title: "What is Google AI Mode?" description: "Google AI Mode is a way of searching Google that replies with an AI-written answer, with links to the web, and invites follow-up questions." canonical: https://damex.digital/glossary/ai-mode/ last_updated: 2026-11-06 type: glossary publisher: Damex Digital context_version: 2026-11-06 --- > Damex Digital is an AI visibility agency that gets businesses named and cited when customers ask AI assistants who to hire. This is the Markdown version of https://damex.digital/glossary/ai-mode/ # Google AI Mode > Google AI Mode is a way of searching Google that replies with an AI-written answer, with links to the web, and invites follow-up questions. Updated Nov 6, 2026. Google announced it in March 2025 as an opt-in experiment in Search Labs, and in May 2025 began rolling it out to everyone in the US with no Labs sign-up. Google says AI Mode divides a question into subtopics and searches for each one at the same time, a technique it calls query fan-out, and that when it isn't confident enough in an AI response it shows a set of web links instead. AI Mode and AI Overviews may use different models and techniques, so the answers and links they show vary. For a local business, the basics that help in normal search help here too. Keep your Business Profile accurate and your listings consistent, and publish pages that answer common questions directly. Example: Example: someone asks AI Mode which roofers near them handle storm damage and insurance claims. The answer is built from several searches at once and links to the pages it used. ## Sources 1. [Google: Expanding AI Overviews and introducing AI Mode (March 2025)](https://blog.google/products/search/ai-mode-search/), checked Nov 6, 2026 2. [Google: AI in Search: Going beyond information to intelligence (May 2025)](https://blog.google/products/search/google-search-ai-mode-update/), checked Nov 6, 2026 3. [Google Search Help: Get AI-powered responses with AI Mode in Google Search](https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/16011537), checked Nov 6, 2026 4. [Google Search Central: AI features and your website](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features), checked Nov 6, 2026 ## Guides that use this term - [AI SEO for dentists: get named in ChatGPT and AI Overviews](https://damex.digital/blog/dental-practices-ai-search.md) - [Does ChatGPT use Google reviews? 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