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AI Overviews have changed the way many people search by offering a quick summary near the top of the page. The next step in Google's plan is to give you the option to ask follow-up questions.
The new feature, available globally on mobile, seamlessly switches to AI Mode at the end of an Overview module. Once you click the Show more button, an Ask anything chat box will appear at the bottom of the screen, where you can ask more questions about your query.
Google says it has been testing the feature for a while and found that “people prefer an experience that flows naturally into a conversation." We were not able to get it to show up (on the Google app, Chrome for iOS, or Safari), so it's probably still rolling out.
Google is also switching its AI Overviews tech to its latest Gemini 3 model, which it says will give you "a best-in-class AI response right on the search results page, for questions where it’s helpful." AI Overviews initially struggled with inaccuracies; a move toward Gemini 3 may improve that, especially since PCMag has found the new model is among the best AI tools available. However, you should always double-check the information spit out by AI.
The data these AI Overviews pull from, meanwhile, come from sources like the very website you're reading. It has led to a decrease in traffic to publishers that rely heavily on Google search, though Google insists that people are satisfied with the results and that it's not seeing a huge dip in referrals. However, July data from the Pew Research Center shows that 26% of web users their browsing at the AI Overview, up from 16% who do so after getting traditional search results.