As part of the Galaxy Fold 7 and Flip 7 launch, Google is announcing the latest Circle to Search, which is now available on 300 million Android devices, features for everyone. Google’s other big update today is Gemini for Wear OS.
In January, Google started answering visual queries with AI Overviews. The “latest Gemini models” now provide answers that are “better formatted and easier to read,” while Google is “incorporating more visuals directly into the answers.”
AI Mode can now help answer questions you ask via Circle to Search and Google Lens. Responses will benefit from AI Mode’s advanced reasoning and multimodal capabilities, as well as the ability to ask follow-ups. Underneath the AI Overview, tap the “dive deeper in AI Mode” button. This is rolling out now in the US and India.
A future Circle to Search update will let you immediately access the AI Mode text field to start asking questions.
Meanwhile, you can now invoke Circle to Search when you’re stuck on a level in mobile games. A floating landscape UI after selecting a part of the screen or character will show an AI Overview, as well as a carousel of YouTube gameplay/walkthrough videos timestamped to where you are in the game. This lets you see how other people beat a particular aspect.
Behind-the-scenes, Search works to understand the visual still and map it back to YouTube videos.
Get the tips you need without leaving your game, helping you get unstuck and keep the action going.
This is rolling out to all places where Circle to Search and AI Overviews are available.
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