In a bold move, Google used its iconic homepage doodle to spotlight "AI Mode"—a Gemini-powered search experience designed to revolutionize how users interact with information. Unlike traditional search, AI Mode delivers intelligent, conversational answers using Google’s most advanced AI model. From voice and text to image-based queries, users can explore complex topics with ease and follow-up questions in natural language. With limited availability rolling out globally, this marks a major shift in how search engines serve knowledge—smarter, faster, and more human than ever before.
Google Unveils Gemini AI Mode with Doodle Spotlight: A Smarter Way to Search
03/07/2025
Google highlights its Gemini-powered AI Mode with a special homepage doodle, ushering in a new era of conversational, intelligent search.
Google Showcases Gemini-Powered AI Mode with Special Doodle
Google surprised users with a unique homepage doodle on July 3, 2025—not to mark a festival or historic event, but to highlight its latest AI feature: "AI Mode." This conversational, Gemini-powered search tool is now front and center, with Google inviting the public to try its next-generation search experience.
AI Mode allows users to interact with search in a more human-like, intelligent way. Instead of traditional link lists, it generates complete answers, pulls context from previous queries, and supports natural follow-up questions. The tool uses Gemini, Google's most advanced AI model to date, to process complex queries and respond in real time.
What makes this doodle especially significant is that it's the first time Google has used its homepage space to promote a product feature. Clicking on the doodle opens a window into AI Mode, where users can explore voice, text, and image search all combined into one smart interface.
Users can type or speak natural questions, like “What are some quiet beaches in Goa during monsoon?”, and the AI will return not just search links, but a full summary, suggestions, and context-aware follow-ups. This makes it easier to dive deeper without repeating or rephrasing questions.
Currently, AI Mode is being rolled out in phases. In the United States, it's available to Google One AI Premium subscribers. In India and a few other countries, it's being tested via Search Labs. Based on user feedback and interaction patterns, Google plans to expand access and capabilities even further.
The Gemini-powered experience is part of Google's larger strategy to redefine how users interact with information. Instead of searching in pieces, AI Mode helps people complete their journey in fewer steps, with deeper insights. Whether it's planning a trip, understanding a complex topic, or just having a conversation with AI, this marks a new era in search technology.