Google is broadening the reach of AI Mode, its AI-powered Search experience, by adding support for five new languages: Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, and Brazilian Portuguese. Until now, the feature had been limited to English for over six months.
The expansion, announced Monday, comes just weeks after Google rolled out AI Mode in English to 180 additional markets. The feature initially launched in the U.S., before expanding to the U.K. and India.
“With this expansion, more people can now use AI Mode to ask complex questions in their preferred language, while exploring the web more deeply,” said Hema Budaraju, VP of Product Management at Google Search, in a blog post.
AI Mode first debuted in March as an experimental feature for Google One AI Premium subscribers. It is Google’s answer to emerging AI search platforms like Perplexity and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search, running on a customized version of Gemini 2.5 with multimodal and reasoning capabilities.
Recent updates include agentic features that allow AI Mode to make restaurant reservations, with plans to support local service bookings and event ticket purchases. Currently, these features are limited to U.S.-based Google AI Ultra subscribers, who pay $249.99 per month.
AI Mode can be accessed through a dedicated tab on the search results page or via a search bar button. While still optional, Google has hinted that AI Mode could soon become the default search experience.
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The company’s AI-driven search updates, including AI Mode and AI Overviews, have sparked concerns among publishers about reduced website traffic. Google, however, has denied that its AI features are harming search referrals.
