Google is expanding AI Mode with new agentic capabilities, including contacting local stores to find specific products in stock and tracking prices for individual hotels. The store-finding feature launched in Search in November 2025 and is now rolling out to AI Mode in the coming weeks in the US. These updates target travel planning use cases.
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Google’s AI Mode can now help you find products in stock nearby
Google's AI Mode graduates from passive search to autonomous shopping agent, now actively contacting stores for inventory checks and tracking prices—a shift toward agent-first commerce behaviors.
Friday, April 17, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: TechCrunchBY sys://pipeline
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