News & Reviews:   Google Search

Google just announced that their Try On feature, which allows you to virtually try on clothes, is now available in Malaysia. Previously available in just the US, it is rolling out to Google Shopping, Search and Google Images. While measurements are not exact, it does let you see how you might look with that clothing you’ve been eyeing.

According to Google, they've found that most of their users have gotten used to the new additions of AI and Gemini to Google Search and are now asking longer and more complex questions. They say that 5 trillion searches annually are now complemented enough by AI Overviews and AI Mode that the rate of irrelevant ads has been reduced by 40%.

Starting today, Google has expanded its AI Mode in Google Search to over 80 countries. So, what should you know about it?

Today, Google announced a major change to the way it delivers local search results. The company will phase out the use of country-specific domains like google.com.my, google.ng, google.com.br and others in favour of a more streamlined, global approach.

Generated or edited AI images can sometimes be hard to detect. While AI images have obvious 'tells', some are more subtle. In such cases, it's best if Internet users have ways to tell if an image was made by AI and thus fake. Fortunately, Google has plans in mind.

First introduced in 2023, Circle to Search is a feature that lets you circle an image on your phone to initiate a Google search. Previously, it was exclusive to Google Pixel and Samsung Galaxy devices. But soon, that will no longer be the case.

It was only a few days ago that our government demanded an explanation for the inaccurate USD to MYR converter on the Google Search Engine. Although Google is not obligated to correct it, the company apologized and contacted a third-party source to fix it. However, it seems that the currency converter widget has disappeared again today.

You may soon have another intuitive way to interact with your Google Search results on Android as the company was spotted experimenting with drag-and-drop. Powered by AI, this means that you can drag a link, text or image and drop it into a search box to find out more about the subject or object.

As you may already know, AI has been hitting the headlines in recent months. And it doesn't look like that's ending anytime soon. Google has been doing various tests on its Bard AI platform, and one of them is generative AI for its Google Chrome browser via Search Labs.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that Google Search recently recorded its highest-ever traffic during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Final between France and Argentina. The final, held on Sunday (18 December 2022), was one of the most entertaining finals in World Cup history and Google was effectively the information hub for many people around the world for the match and the World Cup finals as a whole.