Google’s AI Mode now lets you link and interact with select apps
TechCrunch AI Aisha Malik
Google expanded its AI Mode search feature to allow users to link and interact with select third-party apps including Instacart, Canva, and YouTube, enabling tasks like adding grocery items to shopping carts and saving playlists. The rollout started in the U.S. with plans to support additional apps in the future. This update positions AI Mode as a task completion tool to compete with ChatGPT and Claude, which already offer app integration capabilities.
Why it matters
With this new update, Google is expanding AI Mode beyond answering questions and into completing tasks across the apps they use regularly.
