Google has launched AI Mode in Search for users in Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa. This new feature aims to provide more intuitive, comprehensive, and helpful search results, especially for complex, multi-part questions.

• The AI Mode is powered by a custom version of Google’s latest Gemini 2.5 model.
• Managing Director, Google Africa, Alex Okosi, stated the launch will reimagine the Search experience for users in the region.
• AI Mode processes queries using a "query fan-out" technique, breaking down questions into subtopics to find hyper-relevant content and is multimodal, allowing text, voice, or image input.