Google is reinventing Search with the introduction of Agentic AI

Google maintains that the goal of Search has always been simple: to help users ask anything on their mind — from quick facts to the deep, complex or hyper-specific questions that can be hard to articulate.

Big Tech company Google has announced the dawn of agentic intelligence at its Google I/O 2026. The company is entering an era where it’s no longer an ‘answering machine’ that only provides answers to prompts, but is becoming a proactive, 24/7, background ‘agentic AI’ system that operates in the background, carrying out actions on behalf of users.

The company maintained that the goal of Search has always been simple: to help users ask anything on their mind — from quick facts to the deep, complex or hyper-specific questions that can be hard to articulate.

“We’re bringing our advanced model capabilities to Search with new AI features, enabling you to use agents just by asking a question,” Liz Reid, VP, Head of Search, said. “We’re also introducing a new, intelligent AI-powered Search box, marking its biggest upgrade in over 25 years.”

Google has continued to reimagine what Search can do with AI, and within one year of introducing AI Mode in search, the company reports surpassing one billion monthly users, with queries more than doubling every quarter since launch. 

“As people have realized just how much more Search can do for them, they’re searching more than ever before — so much so that last quarter, we saw queries reach an all-time high.”

Google’s recent AI upgrade is powered by the frontier models: Gemini 3.5 Flash and Gemini Omni Flash. 

Gemini 3.5 Flash: The new default engine for Google’s AI ecosystem globally; it enables Google to move beyond generating text into actively completing complex, long-horizon tasks for consumers and developers at a fraction of the cost.

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