Google’s AI Mode update attempts to stop tab navigation in Chrome

You will never have Never have to worry about dozens of tabs open on your desktop again. In fact, you’ll never have to leave Artificial intelligence fashiona chatbot-style search tool from Google, ever. This is the idea behind Google ChromeLatest update.

Starting today in the US, if you click a hyperlink in AI mode on the desktop version of Chrome, the link will open right there – through Google Search chatbot It still exists as a sidebar on the left side of the screen.

Previously, when you clicked a hyperlink in an AI mode output for Google Search, a new browser tab opened in the same window. Clicking that link effectively ended the search journey, and the AI ​​mode stayed back, where it was, in the old tab. This update to AI mode means that once you start searching with that tool in Chrome, the search tool essentially becomes a permanent aspect of your user experience.

In an example interaction shared by Google, a user enters a long query into the AI ​​mode search bar. They are looking for a Ninja coffee maker It fits on the counter space in their small apartment, makes great coffee, and is easy to use. AI Mode surfs the Internet and produces output that suggests a few single-serve Ninja models designed to be compact.

When a user clicks on a link to a product, Ninja’s website pops up in the same tab, and AI mode switches to a sidebar on the left side of the screen. This allows the user to ask follow-up questions to the chatbot without having to go back to the original search query. The user asks how to clean a coffee maker in AI mode and clicks on a related video on YouTube, which also pops up in the same tab with a search tool next to it.

It is worth noting that in WIRED’s testing of Similar research tools for artificial intelligence For product recommendations, the AI ​​summaries were not as accurate or reliable as simply reading a website.

Another new capability of this update, designed to prevent tab hopping in Chrome, is the ability to search multiple tabs that are already open and could be related to a similar topic. If you click the plus menu in AI mode, or the new plus option directly within the Google search box, you can choose multiple search tool tabs to analyze when your answers appear. It is also possible to attach files and images as part of your query.