Google AI Mode Tests Search Live (Voice) With Citation Cards

Dec 8, 2025 - 7:51 am 0 by
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Google is testing integrating Search Live (Gemini Live - voice search as you talk) in AI Mode. Plus, this version shows citation cards as part of the answer, as you are having a conversational search with AI Mode.

Sachin Patel spotted this and posted about it on X - in his screenshot, at the bottom right, you can see the Search Live button. When you click that button, Search Live is activated, and you can start talking to AI Mode for follow-up questions, with real-time responses.

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Here is a video and more screenshots with this in action:

It also shows you citation cards during your conversational search:

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As a reminder, Google Search Live went fully live in the US and no longer requires opt in to Search Labs in September. In July, Google released it on mobile in the U.S. for users enrolled in the AI Mode Labs experiment. Google initially demoed this at Google I/O in May. Then Google released the audio version a month later and then in July Google released the video version for opt-in users.

Now it seems Google is testing this directly within AI Mode.

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