Google said Monday its AI-powered search engine AI Mode, which launched in May in only English, is set to be available in Japanese and four other languages as it looks to broaden its global reach.
Aside from Japanese, the company said it is set to be available in Korean, Hindi, Indonesian and Brazilian Portuguese globally. At the time of writing, it was still unavailable in Japanese.
“Building a truly global Search goes far beyond translation — it requires a nuanced understanding of local information,” Hema Budaraju, vice president of Google Search’s product management, wrote in a blog post announcing the news. “With … our custom version of Gemini 2.5 in Search, we’ve made huge strides in language understanding, so our most advanced AI search capabilities are locally relevant and useful in each new language we support.”
AloJapan.com