{"id":373423,"date":"2026-04-10T19:48:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373423\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T19:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T19:48:10","slug":"google-ai-mode-getting-redesign-agentic-booking-expands-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/373423\/","title":{"rendered":"Google AI Mode getting redesign, agentic booking expands globally\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/google-ai-mode-2.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Like the <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/2026\/04\/07\/gemini-live-redesign-android\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gemini app<\/a>, Google AI Mode is also seeing a redesign of its prompt box, while the tool can now book restaurants for users internationally.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of a pop-up menu on mobile (which matches the web interface), AI Mode is switching to a bottom sheet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are very large buttons for Gallery and Camera. \u201cTools\u201d is the next section, with \u201cCreate images\u201d being the only one available on mobile. The \u201cGemini 3 models\u201d switcher is last with Auto or Pro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Appearing on Android and iOS, this interface is still rolling out to the stable channel.<\/p>\n<p>\tAdvertisement &#8211; scroll for more content<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Old vs. new<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"711269\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711269\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Google-AI-Mode-plus-2-1.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Google-AI-Mode-plus-2-1.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\"  alt=\"\" data-height=\"2424\" data-id=\"711266\" data-link=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/?attachment_id=711266\" data-url=\"https:\/\/9to5google.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Google-AI-Mode-plus-redesign.jpg?quality=82&amp;strip=all&amp;w=456\" data-width=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Google-AI-Mode-plus-redesign.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Google <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/company-news\/inside-google\/around-the-globe\/google-europe\/united-kingdom\/ai-mode-restaurants-uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">announced today<\/a> that AI Mode\u2019s agentic dining capability that can book restaurants for you is now expanding beyond the US. It\u2019s available in 8 new markets: Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, and the UK.<\/p>\n<p>In your prompt, just specify the time, location, cuisine, party size, or even vibes you\u2019re looking for. AI Mode will then look through multiple reservation platforms (with local partnerships) and websites to find bookable options. Examples include:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFind a table for two at a dog-friendly Italian restaurant in Shoreditch for Saturday at 7 p.m.\u201d \u201cFind me a sushi restaurant nearby that has a table for four that also serves vegan tempura.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is rolling out in AI Mode, with no Labs opt-in required.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/9to5google.com\" aria-label=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-dark\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-dark.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-source-badge-light\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/google-preferred-source-badge-light.png\" alt=\"Add 9to5Google as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/4dZciVW\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-710515\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775850490_403_750x150-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"140\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Like the Gemini app, Google AI Mode is also seeing a redesign of its prompt box, while the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[365,363,364,111,139,69,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-373423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz","14":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=373423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}