Google Adds Text-Only “Web” Filter to Search
Not content to just let us sit with the news of AI previews coming to search, Google has launched a new “Web” filter in search that will only show you text links in the results. Looks like there’s still room for some old-fashioned internet in AI. Launched on Tuesday to coincide with the tech giant’s […]
Not content to just let us sit with the news of AI previews coming to search, Google has launched a new “Web” filter in search that will only show you text links in the results. Looks like there’s still room for some old-fashioned internet in AI.
Launched on Tuesday to coincide with the tech giant’s I/O event, the additional filter will let you switch between Google’s refined results tabs like you would with Images, News, Videos, and more. The “Web” tab was launched yesterday in the United States and will be rolled out globally on Wednesday.
Everything announced at Google I/O, including AI Agents, Ask Photos, and more.
Danny Sullivan, head of public liaison for search at Google, posted a topic about the new filter on X, formerly Twitter.
“We added this after hearing from some that there were times when they simply preferred to see links to web pages in their search results, for example if they were searching for longer text documents, using a device with limited Internet access, or those who simply prefer text, ” an article read.
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This is one of several announcements made at Google’s I/O developer event, particularly around search. The company also announced the rollout of AI Previews in the US (soon globally) which will also display AI-generated summaries on top of the results. like search by video, planning with search, and contextual search – Mashable’s Chance Townsend has more details on this.
The I/O event also saw the company drop numerous AI announcements centered around Gemini 1.5 Pro and Gemini 1.5 Flash, including DJ mode for Google’s Music FX, an Ask Photos feature, well-known AI personal assistants under the name of AI agents, a video generator like that of OpenAI. Sora called Veo, and many more.
Mashable’s Tim Marcin has a guide to I/O for you, check out everything Google announced.
