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Google enhances AI Mode with visual shopping & conversational search

07 Oct '25
2 min read
Google enhances AI Mode with visual shopping & conversational search
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Insights

  • Google has upgraded its AI Mode in Search to enable visual exploration and shopping through conversational prompts.
  • Users can describe items naturally, such as 'barrel jeans that aren't too baggy,' and get curated visual, shoppable results.
  • Backed by Gemini 2.5, Google Lens, and the Shopping Graph with over 50 billion listings refreshed hourly, it delivers real-time and reliable shopping experiences.
Google has enhanced its AI Mode in Search, allowing users to explore and shop visually through conversational queries. Initially launched as a text-based tool in the US in May, AI Mode now generates image-based results, making it easier to find inspiration, products, or ideas that can’t always be described in words.

In this new shopping experience, users can simply describe what they’re looking for casually, much like chatting with a friend, instead of navigating multiple filters. For instance, saying ‘barrel jeans that aren’t too baggy’ prompts AI Mode to display a curated set of visual, shoppable options. Searches can be refined further—such as ‘show more ankle-length styles’, Google said in an article authored by Robby Stein, vice president of product, google search, and Lilian Rincon, vice president of product, consumer shopping at Google.

Once users find something they like, they can click directly to the retailer’s site to complete the purchase. Powered by Google’s Shopping Graph, which includes over 50 billion product listings, the feature ensures reliable, real-time results from trusted global and local retailers.

Google’s Shopping Graph enables users to browse products from a wide range of global and local retailers, complete with details such as reviews, current deals, colour options, and availability. The listings are constantly updated—with over 2 billion refreshed every hour—ensuring shoppers always see the most accurate and up-to-date results.

Powered by Gemini 2.5, Google Lens, and Image Search, the system combines language and vision understanding to deliver more personalised results.

ALCHEMPro News Desk (SG)

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