Google Search box just got the biggest makeover in nearly 30 years — here are the most important upgrades
Google Search has undergone its most significant redesign in nearly 30 years, introducing AI agents and a generative user interface. The updated Search box will now support multimodal inputs, allowing users to search using text, images, videos, and more. Additionally, new AI agents will monitor information continuously and provide updates without the need for repeated searches.
- ▪Google Search queries have reached an all-time high, contributing to a 19% growth in the business.
- ▪The new Search interface can dynamically expand based on query complexity and provide real-time AI-powered suggestions.
- ▪AI agents will operate 24/7 to track information and notify users of changes automatically.
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| Original publisher | Tom's Guide |
| Canonical URL | https://www.tomsguide.com/ai/google-gemini/google-search-box-just-got-the-biggest-makeover-in-nearly-30-years |
| Publication time | Tue, 19 May 2026 17:45:00 +0000 |
| Retrieval time | 2026-05-19T17:49:57.876Z |
| Last seen | 2026-05-19T17:49:57.876Z |
| Headline source | Publisher (no WeSearch rewrite) |
| Excerpt source | publisher body |
| Excerpt method | First ~120 words (~800 chars) of extracted publisher body, fair-use limited. |
| Summary | WeSearch · cerebras-chat (WeSearch summarizer) |
| Summary source text | contentText |
| Citation coverage | Summary is a WeSearch-generated derivative; primary citation is the original publisher URL. |
| Cluster | MdWJHKJ7IqNv · 2 stories |
| Cluster logic | Grouped by semantic title/content similarity across sources within a rolling window. Same-publisher template collisions are excluded from coverage comparison. |
| Ranking reason | Story pages are not engagement-ranked. Hub feeds use recency, with optional source-diversified chronological ordering (cap consecutive stories per source). No personalized ranking. |
| Publisher visit | Yes — open original |
| Substitutes article? | No — link-out required for full text |
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| Indexing | May the item be indexed (stored, ranked, made findable)? | Allowed |
| Snippet | May a short excerpt of the publisher's text be shown? | Allowed |
| AI summary | May WeSearch generate its own short summary of the article? | Limited |
| Retrieval / RAG | May the content be exposed for third-party retrieval-augmented generation? | Not asserted |
| Model training | May the content be used to train AI models? | Not asserted |
| Commercial reuse | May the content be reused commercially? | Not permitted |
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AI Google Gemini Google Search just got the biggest makeover in nearly 30 years — here's the biggest upgrades News By Sanuj Bhatia published 19 May 2026 Google Search is getting AI agents, generative UI, and a redesigned Search box. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Glenn Chapman/AFP via Getty Images) Copy link Facebook X Reddit Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Google's biggest product is still Search. During its last earnings call, the company said Google Search queries had reached an all-time high, helping the business grow by 19%.
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