Google launches AI Mode in India with advanced reasoning and multimodality

Google announced the launch of its AI Mode in India that will allow users to ask longer questions and is designed to better handle exploratory queries and more complicated tasks.

Powered by a custom version of Gemini 2.5, Google said that AI Mode will answer user questions that would have previously required multiple searches. AI Mode uses what Google calls a query fan-out technique, where the question is divided into subtopics and the system sends out multiple related queries simultaneously on users’ behalf.

“You can not only access high-quality web content, but also tap into fresh, real-time sources like the Knowledge Graph, info about the real world, and shopping data for billions of products,” said Hema Budaraju, Google Vice President, Product Management, Search.

AI Mode is built into the Search experience and users in India can access it by signing up in Labs to try out the new feature in Google Search. The company warned that not all results might be right since the AI product is in the early stages, but said that it will show web search results when it does not have high confidence in the AI-powered responses.

AI Mode is also multimodal, meaning that users can use Lens capabilities or tap the microphone icon and ask their questions. Users can ask questions via text, their voice, or by shooting/uploading an image.

“AI Mode is our most powerful AI search, with more advanced reasoning and multimodality, and the ability to go deeper through follow-up questions and helpful links to the web. Using a custom version of Gemini 2.5, it lets you ask longer, more complex or nuanced questions that would have previously required multiple searches,” said Google in its blog post.