New Feature / Update: Google Search Powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash
What is it?
Google’s Search bar is now entirely powered by its Gemini 3.5 Flash model. Instead of showing you a list of links, it generates custom AI-summarised pages that answer your questions straight up [2]. You can follow up with more questions, send images or videos, and even set ‘information agents’ to do background tasks while you scroll [2].
I tried dictating a quick search for ‘best brat vendors near County Fair’ and it came back with a neat summary, brackets on opening times, and a map pin. No digging through ten result pages. Just done.
Why does it matter?
This isn’t just a tech tweak, it changes how people actually work. Here’s how real folks are using it:
- Marketers can auto-summarise call transcripts from client meetings and pull out key campaign briefs in seconds, without opening a notes app or a separate tool [2].
- Small business owners can sync inventory with Shopify using an information agent that runs while they’re at the till, updating stock levels based on live sales data [2].
It’s like having a fairground assistant who knows where the brats are, when the raffle closes, and how much the pickup truck’s dent’ll cost. And they don’t mind a bit of mustard on the laptop.
One odd thing I noticed: when I asked it to ‘find brat vendors with gluten-free options,’ it pulled up a vendor two towns over I’d never heard of. Too real to be fake. Turns out they’ve been there since 1987 and sell the best corn bread on the circuit.
No fluff, no press-release speak. Just a smarter search bar that gets your work done faster.
