Google Expands AI Overviews to 200+ Countries and 40+ Languages, Boosting Search Intelligence

AI in Search: Going beyond information to intelligence

We launched AI Overviews last year at I/O, and since then there's been a profound shift in how people are using Google Search. People are coming to Google to ask more of their questions, including more complex, longer and multimodal questions. AI in Search is making it easier to ask Google anything and get a helpful response, with links to the web. That's why AI Overviews is one of the most successful launches in Search in the past decade. As people use AI Overviews, we see they're happier with their results, and they search more often. In our biggest markets like the U.S. and India, AI Overviews is driving over 10% increase in usage of Google for the types of queries that show AI Overviews . This means that once people use AI Overviews, they're coming to do more of these types of queries, and what's particularly exciting is how this growth increases over time. And we're delivering this at the speed people expect of Google Search -- AI Overviews delivers the fastest AI responses in the industry. We're continuing to advance Search with AI, and today at I/O, we showed the latest in how we're building the future of Search, as we go beyond information to intelligence. Here's a look at everything we announced.

AI Overviews are now available in over 200 countries and territories, and more than 40 languages.

Today at I/O, we announced that AI Overviews in Google Search are launching in new countries and languages, bringing the helpfulness of AI to more people around the world. With this expansion, AI Overviews are now available in more than 200 countries and territories and in more than 40 languages, with support added for Arabic, Chinese, Malay, Urdu and more. AI Overviews make it easy to ask new kinds of questions, quickly find information and explore relevant sites across the web. They'll appear in Search when our systems determine they'll be most helpful, featuring prominent web links so people can easily learn more. And all of this happens at the speed people expect of Google Search: AI Overviews are delivering the fastest AI responses in the industry. As people use AI Overviews, we see they're happier with their results, and they search more often. In our biggest markets like the US and India, AI Overviews is driving over 10% increase in usage of Google for the types of queries that show AI Overviews. This means that once people use AI Overviews, they are coming to do more of these types of queries, and what's particularly exciting is how this growth increases over time. And we're continuing to bring new advancements - starting this week, we're bringing a custom version of Gemini 2.5, our most intelligent model, to AI Overviews in the U.S. so Search can tackle even harder questions. We look forward to helping people search more effortlessly, in more places around the world. Read more on how we're continuing to advance Search with AI.

Google Expands AI Overviews to Over 200 Countries, More Than 40 Languages

Google reports a 10 percent rise in specific queries since rollout began Google is expanding its AI Overviews feature to over 200 countries along with broadening support for more languages, the company announced during the keynote of its I/O 2025 developer conference held in California on Tuesday. With this update, the AI-powered search tool will now be available in Arabic, Chinese, Malay, Urdu, and more languages, enabling users to see text in the local languages of each of their respective countries and get a quick overview of the topic. Google announced the expansion of AI Overviews in a blog post. AI Overviews will now be available in more than 200 countries and over 40 languages. It is adding support for Arabic, Chinese, Malay, and Urdu which join existing language options such as English, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish. As per the Mountain View-based tech giant, more users can leverage the AI-powered feature to ask questions, quickly find information, and explore relevant websites in Google Search results. It enables them to see snapshots containing a brief overview of the topic they've searched for, along with external links for more information. It leverages the Gemini large language model (LLM) to fulfill search queries while also taking advantage of its multi-step reasoning capabilities. Notably, AI Overviews was first announced in public access at Google I/O 2024 and its availability was initially limited to the US via Search Labs. Since its public rollout and expansion to more regions in recent months, the feature has witnessed a 10 percent increase in usage of Google for specific queries which display AI Overviews. As per Google, the US and India have been some of its biggest markets so far. In addition to expansion of AI Overviews, the company is also making changes to the LLM which powers the feature. Starting this week, a custom version of Gemini 2.5 will power AI Overviews in Google Search in the US. Google says it is its most intelligent AI model to date and will help tackle more complex queries and questions. However, the company still advises caution as AI responses may include mistakes.