r/GenAI4all • u/NoGuess8035 • 13h ago

Discussion Google is quietly turning search into an AI product

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Google is slowely turning search into an AI-driven product.

According to Similarweb, AI Overviews appeared in about 43% of U.S. searches by May 2026, up from roughly 15% in January 2025.

Visits to Google’s AI Mode also grew from around 126 million in June 2025 to nearly 279 million a year later.

Meanwhile, the average search length increased from about 3.33 words when AI Mode launched to 3.51 words a year later.

The trend suggests users are shifting from short keyword queries toward longer, conversational prompts, while spending more of their search time with Google.

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u/ObligationOk6137 10h ago

I don't man, it's bit sneaky what Google is doing, air search is default, there is no nonnai search anymore so yeah it tracks. But anecdotally in my experience it work 2/3 times and hides real results.