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Title: Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic
restaurant finder

Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2025 15:48:33 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-ai-mode-is...

GoogleΓÇÖs seemingly unrelenting quest to infuse AI into every aspect of your
online life just got a lot more global in scope, with the company expanding
its AI Mode in Search to over 180 new countries. AI Mode has previously only
been available in the US, India and the UK, and while English remains the
only supported language right now, Google says itΓÇÖll add more soon.

Google is also expanding its AI ModeΓÇÖs agentic capabilities, so you can now
use natural language to find restaurant reservations. Google says you can ask
about getting a dinner reservation with conditions such as group size, date,
location and your preference of cuisine, all of which be taken into
consideration when AI Mode pulls in its results from across the web.
Suggestions will be presented in list form with the available reservation
slots. ItΓÇÖll also provide a link to the booking page you need. Google also
plans to add local service appointments and event ticketing capabilities
soon, with Ticketmaster and StubHub among its partners.

AI Mode leverages GoogleΓÇÖs web-browsing AI agent Project Mariner' its
direct partners on Search and resources like Knowledge Graph and Google Maps
when prompted to find you somewhere to eat. It has partnered with the likes
of OpenTable, Resy and Tock to incorporate as many restaurants as possible
and streamline the booking process. Right now, this feature is exclusive to
those subscribed to the wildly expensive Google AI Ultra plan in the US, and
can be accessed through its Labs platform. If you opt into the AI Mode
experiment it can also remember your previous conversations and searches to
give you results that more closely match your preferences.

Finally, if your AI-powered conversations are simply too interesting to keep
to yourself, Google will now let you bring others in when you tap the "Share"
button on a response. This allows your chosen contact to join the
conversation at that point and ask their own follow-up questions. Google uses
planning trips or parties as examples of when you might want to collaborate
with someone else on an AI-assisted task. The original sender can delete
shared links whenever they like.

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