Google just redesigned the search box for the first time in 25 years — here’s why it matters more than you think.

VentureBeat · 4 months ago · 33

Google redesigned its search box for the first time in 25 years to support multimodal inputs like images and PDFs while merging its AI Overviews and AI Mode features into a single interface. AI Mode has reached one billion monthly users in its first year with queries doubling every quarter, and the new interface runs on Gemini 3.5 Flash, which operates four times faster in output tokens per second than comparable models. Publishers and SEO professionals face disruption as users shift from keyword-based searches to conversational queries, and the self-contained search results page reduces incentive for users to click through to external websites.