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Becca Caddy

The death of the deep dive — why Google’s new AI search wants to do your thinking for you

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a keynote address at Google I/O on May 19, 2026 in Mountain View, California. .

Google is changing the way we search and, rather unsurprisingly, it’s now all about AI.

At its annual developer conference, Google I/O 2026, the company unveiled a huge overhaul of how search will work going forward. There are several big updates, which include a redesigned search bar, more Gemini integration, AI agents that can complete tasks for you and shopping tools that are designed to automate every step of the buying process, from price tracking to checkout.

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