Neil Patel: Google's New AI Search Box Is the Biggest Change in 25 Years

13 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this commentary, Neil Patel (presented by speaker A) explains Google's newly introduced AI‑enhanced search interface, highlighted by a plus button positioned to the left of the traditional search field. Clicking the plus reveals multiple AI‑driven modes—AI mode, Create Images, Deep Search, Canvas, Gallery, and Camera Files. Patel demonstrates a visual query workflow: a user selects two images (e.g., a dress and a color‑scheme palette) from the Gallery, adds a textual prompt such as “help me find a similar dress but in this color scheme,” and Google returns matching dresses rendered in the requested colors. He emphasizes that this is only a surface glimpse of the deeper integration, noting that the same search bar can also be used to “build an app” simply by typing a prompt, a capability branded as “Seamless Google Search to AI Mode.” The overall message is that Google’s search experience is evolving from keyword‑only to a multimodal, AI‑centric platform that blends visual, textual, and generative capabilities.

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So in this example, for anyone who's just listening, in Google search box, imagine a plus before you type in the queries. So in the search box, it's pretty much elongated oval, and on the right side you have the search button. Now imagine now on the left side you have a plus button, so you can click the plus and you can click on anything. AI mode, create images, or gallery. Where is it? Let me see the options actually again. Yeah. AI mode, create images, deep search, canvas, gallery, camera files. So for example, You can click on gallery and you can select 2 or 3 items that you like. Let's say it's a dress and that's what Google's using in this example. So the searcher could select 2 dresses and then it highlights those 2 images and then you add in text. You know, the example here is help me find a similar dress but in this color scheme instead. So they showed one dress image, one color scheme image, click search. Google showed all the similar dresses but in that color. And that's the example. of what Google's doing with search and AI, and that's just skimming the surface. They're getting really in-depth. Even with their new search feature, you can actually build an app just typing in a prompt into their search feature. Yeah, it's called Seamless Google Search to AI Mode. Yeah.