Google begins the rollout of Search Live: the search engine of the future that can see, hear, and speak

Powered by AI Mode, Search Live allows you to utilize your mobile camera to focus on elements and conduct spoken inquiries in real time.
September 26, 2025

Google has just taken a significant step forward in its mission to revolutionize Search by officially launching Search Live in English in the United States. Until now, this interactive real-time search feature powered by its AI Mode was only available to United States-based users enrolled in the AI Mode Labs experiment.

How Search Live works

The technology company enabled Search Live testing in Google Labs at the end of July, while also announcing a series of additional updates for AI Mode. Search Live combines the capabilities of Google Lens and AI Mode to provide a real-time conversational search experience using your phone’s camera and your own voice.

United States-based users may now take advantage of this feature in English from the Google app, both on Android and iOS. There are two ways to access Search Live: through Google or through Google Lens.

  • Activate Search Live in Google: By tapping the “Live” icon, represented by sound waves and a sparkle, located below the search bar.
  • Activate Search Live in Google Lens: Next to the “Search” and “Translate” options, the “Live” option will appear.

As soon as you activate Search Live from either of these services, you will be able to share with the AI whatever you focus on with your phone’s camera and ask questions using your voice in order to obtain real-time information. The tool will respond to you via AI-generated audio responses and will also provide selected links so you can delve further into its sources.

To assist its users in getting familiar with Search Live and demonstrate the ways it can support them in daily life, Google has provided a series of use cases.

A pocket travel guide

Search Live can be an extremely useful travel companion. For example, if you are preparing in your hotel room and want to know details about the places you plan to visit, you can activate this feature and converse with the AI while you finish getting ready, conveniently and without the need to type anything.

Another interesting option is to use it to focus your camera on a monument and request live information, as if it were your own personal guide.

Learn how to do new things

Imagine you have decided to try that recipe you have been eager to prepare, but you encounter some doubts during the process. Activate Search Live, point at the ingredients and kitchen utensils, and ask Google’s AI to assist you as you go along.

Solve problems with its assistance

Just as you can use Search Live to follow the steps of a recipe, you may also use it as a tutorial to assemble a piece of furniture or to resolve that technical issue that has been troubling you. In the following Short, we see how this AI assists a user in setting up their home theater system.

Assistance with school projects

Search Live can also be a valuable ally when preparing school projects. For example, if you or someone close to you needs to conduct an experiment, it is possible to use Search Live so that it explains the chemical reactions as they occur or suggests additional fun experiments.

Learn game mechanics easily

If you and your friends are enthusiasts of board games but are undecided about which new game to try, you may use Search Live, focus the camera on the options you are considering, and inquire about the mechanics of each one to determine which is most appealing to you. You can even ask for recommendations based on your preferences.

Photo: Google

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