Google AI Mode is expanding to 180 countries and adding an agentic restaurant finder

Google is expanding its AI Mode in Search to over 180 new countries, with English being the only supported language for now. The AI Mode now has agentic capabilities, allowing users to find restaurant reservations using natural language. Users can specify conditions like group size, date, location, and cuisine preference, and the AI Mode will pull in results from across the web, presenting them in a list with available reservation slots and a link to the booking page. Google plans to add local service appointments and event ticketing capabilities to the AI Mode soon, partnering with companies like Ticketmaster and StubHub. The AI Mode leverages Google's web-browsing AI agent Project Mariner, as well as its partners and resources like Knowledge Graph and Google Maps. The feature is currently exclusive to subscribers of the Google AI Ultra plan in the US, accessible through the Labs platform. Users can also share their AI-assisted conversations with others, allowing them to join the conversation and ask their own follow-up questions.