{"id":3123464,"date":"2026-05-19T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=3123464"},"modified":"2026-05-21T08:58:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T15:58:57","slug":"google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/19\/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Search as you know it is over"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The era of the &#8220;ten blue links&#8221; is officially over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At its Google I\/O conference on Tuesday, Google unveiled an AI-powered overhaul of Search centered around a reimagined \u201cintelligent search box\u201d \u2014 what the company describes as the biggest change to this entry point to the web since the search box debuted more than 25 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of returning a simple list of links, Google Search will drop users into AI-powered interactive experiences at times. Google is also introducing tools that can dispatch \u201cinformation agents\u201d to gather information on a user\u2019s behalf, along with tools that let users build personalized mini apps tailored to their needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div id='jwppp-video-box-31234641' class='jwppp-video-box' itemprop='video' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject' data-video='1' style=\"margin: 1rem 0;\">\n<meta itemprop='name' content='Intelligent Search Box'\/>\n<meta itemprop='description' content='-'\/>\n<meta itemprop='duration' content='PT0H0M26S'\/>\n<meta itemprop='thumbnailUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/thumbs\/TnvRFVQ8-720.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='uploadDate' content='2026-05-19T10:46:00-07:00'\/>\n<meta itemprop='contentUrl' content='https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/TnvRFVQ8'\/>\n<span class=\"jwppp-instant\" style=\"display: none;\" data-video=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?jwp-instant-articles=1&#038;player=GQNKsmiX&#038;mediaID=TnvRFVQ8\" data-width=\"480\" data-height=\"270\"><\/span><div id='jwppp-video-31234641' class='jwplayer'>Loading the player...<\/div>\n<script class=\"tcembed-script\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/libraries\/GQNKsmiX.js\"><\/script><script type='text\/javascript'>\nvar playerInstance_31234641 = jwplayer( \"jwppp-video-31234641\" );\nplayerInstance_31234641.setup({\nplaylist: \"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/media\/TnvRFVQ8\",\n})\n<\/script><\/div>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The resulting experience will no longer look much like how people envision Google Search, which has long been defined by ranked links to websites that have the information you need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the revamped Search experience, the new search box simply expands to accommodate longer, more conversational queries, rather than making you decide what type of search experience or mode you want to choose at the start of your query. It will also have a new AI-powered query suggestion system that goes beyond autocomplete to help people craft more complex and nuanced queries, Google says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google&#8217;s AI Overviews will also allow users to ask follow-up questions in AI Mode, beginning Tuesday, the company noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Google says that AI Mode is not the default experience, Search&#8217;s user interface encourages users to ask follow-up questions instead of scrolling down to the links to other pages. (The links, to clarify, have not entirely disappeared; they are just no longer the priority for many types of searches.) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"377\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg 2988w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=150,83 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=768,426 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=680,377 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=1200,666 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=1280,710 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=430,239 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=720,400 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=900,499 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=800,444 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=1536,852 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=2048,1136 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=668,371 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=1112,617 1112w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=708,393 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ai-search.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google is also introducing agentic capabilities and AI-powered interactive features into the search experience. This means people will spend even less time clicking the traditional blue links that Google Search used to return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Starting this summer, people will be able to create, customize, and manage multiple new &#8220;information agents&#8221; within Google Search. These agents can work in the background 24\/7 to track changes on the web and alert you to new information. For instance, you could have an agent track market movements based on customer parameters, Google suggests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"380\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg 2974w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=300,167 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=768,429 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=680,380 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=1200,670 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=1280,714 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=430,240 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=720,402 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=900,502 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=800,447 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=1536,857 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=2048,1143 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=668,373 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=1105,617 1105w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=708,395 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the underlying technology here is powered by AI, which makes it more capable, the idea itself is not a new one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2003, Google launched <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Google_Alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Alerts<\/a>, a change-detection service that emailed users when new web results matched their search terms. The web was smaller and more manageable then, of course, so this became a part of many information workers&#8217; tool sets. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/alerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">That service still exists<\/a> in some form but is no longer the way most web users go about acquiring new information.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Information-gathering agents are an evolution of Google Alerts. Beyond spotting changes, they can make sense of them, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You could send an alert to track market movements in a particular sector with very specific parameters, and the agent will map out a monitoring plan for you, including the tools and the data it needs to access &#8212; like our real-time finance data,&#8221; Google&#8217;s head of Search, Liz Reid, explained in a press briefing. &#8220;And it will then keep track of those changes and let you know when the conditions are met, and provide a synthesized update with links and information you can dive into further,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"377\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg 2948w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=150,83 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=300,166 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=768,426 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=680,377 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=1200,666 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=1280,710 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=430,239 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=720,400 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=900,499 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=800,444 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=1536,852 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=2048,1137 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=668,371 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=1112,617 1112w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=708,393 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/information-agents-alert.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This shift means that &#8220;searching the web&#8221; will increasingly be performed by AI agents rather than humans. Instead, people will focus more on acting on the information those agents provide instead of manually clicking links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"366\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg 2950w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=150,81 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=300,161 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=768,413 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=680,366 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=1200,645 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=1280,688 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=430,231 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=720,387 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=900,484 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=800,430 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=1536,826 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=2048,1101 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=668,359 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=1148,617 1148w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=708,381 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/agentic-booking-in-search-1.jpg?resize=50,27 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Links will become an afterthought with the coming changes to the Search results experience, which builds on Google&#8217;s earlier launches of AI search features, like its short summaries known as AI Overviews and its conversational search, AI Mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AI Overviews are now used by more than 2.5 billion monthly users; meanwhile, its conversational search mode, launched last year, now tops 1 billion monthly users. (ChatGPT, for comparison, has <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/02\/27\/chatgpt-reaches-900m-weekly-active-users\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">900 million weekly active users<\/a>, as of earlier this year. This suggests that ChatGPT is now seeing more frequent engagement, with users coming back repeatedly throughout the week, while Google has more total unique people touching its AI features over the course of a month.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, thanks to a combination of Gemini and <a href=\"https:\/\/antigravity.google\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Google Antigravity<\/a>, the company&#8217;s agentic development platform, Search results will begin to look more like interactive web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"360\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123897\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg 2982w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=150,79 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=300,159 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=768,407 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=680,360 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=1200,636 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=1280,678 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=430,228 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=720,381 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=900,477 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=800,424 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=1536,814 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=2048,1085 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=668,354 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=1164,617 1164w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=708,375 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-1.jpg?resize=50,26 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Search can build custom experiences just for your individual questions, from dynamic layouts, interactive visuals to persistent and stateful project spaces that you can return to again and again,&#8221; says Reid. One of the ways Google is integrating these new capabilities is with &#8220;generative UI&#8221; (user interface), where it builds custom widgets and visualizations on the fly in answer to users&#8217; search questions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can imagine, for example, how a question about black holes in space could lead to an interactive visual that brings the concept to life, Reid said, adding that users can then ask follow-up questions and see Google respond with brand-new visuals in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"385\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?w=680\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3123896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg 2946w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=150,85 150w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=300,170 300w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=768,435 768w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=680,385 680w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=1200,679 1200w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=1280,725 1280w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=430,243 430w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=720,408 720w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=900,510 900w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=800,453 800w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=1536,870 1536w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=2048,1160 2048w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=668,378 668w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=662,375 662w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=1090,617 1090w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=708,401 708w, https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/gen-UI-black-holes-2.jpg?resize=50,28 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Google<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Google says the new system was built in partnership with the Google DeepMind team and uses Gemini Flash 3.5. It will roll out to everyone who uses Google, free of charge, this summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Google will allow users to tap into Antigravity to build their own customizable, stateful experiences &#8212; think &#8220;mini apps&#8221; &#8212; directly in Search using natural-language commands. Again, this isn&#8217;t so much about information retrieval as it is about action. 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