Search Live is global 🌍 Talk to Search with voice and video in your language

By Google

Categories: AI, Product

Summary

Google launches Search Live globally with Gemini 3.5 Flash Live, enabling real-time voice and video interactions to solve problems instantly—from home DIY projects to settling factual debates. This represents a shift from traditional search to conversational, multimodal AI assistance.

Key Takeaways

1. Real-time multimodal search (voice + camera) enables immediate problem-solving for physical tasks—e.g., pointing a camera at a pinewood derby car to get weight optimization advice instantly rather than reading articles.
2. Gemini 3.5 Flash Live model powers conversational search with low latency, suggesting Google is prioritizing speed and real-time responsiveness as core competitive advantages in AI-powered search.
3. Voice + video search solves two distinct use cases: solo assistance during tasks and social fact-checking, indicating broader adoption potential beyond traditional query-based search patterns.
4. Expanding to multiple languages globally suggests Google is prioritizing accessibility and localization early, reducing language barriers for multimodal AI assistance adoption worldwide.

Topics

• Multimodal AI Search
• Real-time Voice Query Systems
• Gemini 3.5 Flash Live Model
• Conversational Search Products
• Visual Search Implementation

Transcript Excerpt

Today we're announcing that we're bringing Search Live to more people and languages around the world. And it’s powered by our new Gemini 3.1 Flash Live Model. Hi everyone, I'm Rajan, VP of Engineering for Google Search. Search Live is a new way to have an interaction with Search that's real time, with your voice and the camera. There's two ways that I found Search Live to be really useful. So first, is when I'm working on something and I just need a little extra help. So for example, I was build...