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Google Tests Buying From Walmart-Owned Flipkart Through Gemini and AI Mode in India

September 27, 2026
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Google is testing a Buy button that opens a Flipkart checkout inside Gemini and AI Mode for some shoppers in India, on smartphones, electronics and accessories, with a wider rollout planned for later in October. We set out what is confirmed, why the Flipkart-branded flow differs from Google’s own UCP checkout, where Amazon, OpenAI and UPI fit in, and what the test means for shoppers and sellers before the festive sales.

Google Brings Trip-Planning Features to Search’s AI Mode

August 27, 2026
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Google has added flight price tracking, conversational hotel booking and miles-and-points pricing to AI Mode, the conversational surface inside Search. Announced on 27 August 2026, the three features complete a nine-month build that started with the Canvas itinerary panel in November 2025 and turns AI Mode from a place where you research a trip into a place where you arrange one. The rollout is far more uneven than the headline suggests: price tracking reaches more than 180 countries and the points display is global, but hotel booking is live in a single country, in English, with ten named partners including Booking.com, Expedia, Marriott and Hilton. This breakdown covers exactly what shipped, where each feature actually works, what Google’s own usage data says about why travel was the obvious target, and what the shift does to the travel websites that used to be the destination.

Google AI Mode in Chrome Goes Side by Side With the Web: 7 Critical Facts That Matter

April 16, 2026
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A source-backed news analysis on Google’s new AI Mode in Chrome experience, including side-by-side browsing, tab and file context, U.S. rollout details, and the bigger shift in search behavior.