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Google’s AI Mode can now book your dinner table as it expands to 180 countries

The update brings an “agentic” restaurant finder

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Google has announced a major expansion of its AI Mode in Search

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Gayathri Kallukaran
By Gayathri KallukaranAug 22, 2025
Gayathri Kallukaran
Gayathri Kallukaran is a Junior Journalist with Eastern Eye. She has a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication from St. Paul’s College, Bengaluru, and brings over five years of experience in content creation, including two years in digital journalism. She covers stories across culture, lifestyle, travel, health, and technology, with a creative yet fact-driven approach to reporting. Known for her sensitivity towards human interest narratives, Gayathri’s storytelling often aims to inform, inspire, and empower. Her journey began as a layout designer and reporter for her college’s daily newsletter, where she also contributed short films and editorial features. Since then, she has worked with platforms like FWD Media, Pepper Content, and Petrons.com, where several of her interviews and features have gained spotlight recognition. Fluent in English, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi, she writes in English and Malayalam, continuing to explore inclusive, people-focused storytelling in the digital space.
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Highlights:

  • Google’s AI Mode in Search is expanding to more than 180 countries, up from its limited rollout in the US, UK and India
  • A new “agentic” feature allows users to find and book restaurant reservations using natural language prompts
  • Additional tools for event tickets and service appointments will be added soon

Google has announced a major expansion of its AI Mode in Search, making the feature available in over 180 countries. The service, which was previously limited to the US, UK and India, introduces new capabilities including restaurant booking through conversational prompts.

New features

The update brings an “agentic” restaurant finder that allows users to request dinner reservations using natural language. Criteria such as group size, date, location and cuisine preferences are factored into the results. Suggestions are displayed in a list with available time slots and direct links to booking pages.

Google confirmed that it will extend this functionality further, with event ticketing and local service appointment booking tools on the way. Ticketmaster and StubHub are among the confirmed partners.

How it works

AI Mode uses Google’s experimental browsing agent, known as Project Mariner, in combination with data from Google Maps, Knowledge Graph and external booking partners. For restaurant reservations, it has partnered with services including OpenTable, Resy and Tock to integrate as many options as possible.

The feature is currently limited to subscribers of the premium Google AI Ultra plan in the US, available through Google Labs. Opted-in users can also allow the system to remember past searches and conversations for more personalised recommendations.

Collaborative use

Google is also adding a new sharing option. Users can invite others into an AI-powered conversation by generating a link, allowing contacts to join at a specific point and continue the discussion with their own questions. The feature is designed to support collaborative tasks such as planning trips or organising events. Shared links can be deleted at any time by the original sender.

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