Google tests Audio Overviews for Search queries
Google Search is experimenting with audio overviews for certain searches, the company announced On Friday. The function was first introduced in NotebookLM, the AI-based Note-taking and research assistant from Google.
The Tech giant says that audio overviews will use his latest Gemini models to give users a different way to absorb and understand information.
“An audio overview can help you get a lay from the country and offers a handy, hands-free way to absorb information, whether you are multitasking or simply prefer an audio experience,” explained Google in a Blog post.
The function is available in today LaboratoryThe experimental program of Google. The company says that users will see the option to generate a short audio overview if Google thinks it would be useful based on their specific query. After you have generated an audio overview, you will see a simple audio player with play/break controls, a volume button and the option to adjust the playback speed.
Google will display links in the audio player to show where it gets the information. If you want to know more about a topic after listening to an audio overview, you can click on the links to dive deeper into your search.
You can give up a thumb or put your thumbs down on any audio overview and the experiment as a whole in laboratories.
In NotebookLM, audio overviews give users the opportunity to generate a podcast with AI virtual hosts based on documents they have shared, such as course lectures or legal instructions. Google also brought audio overviews to Gemini in March.
Audio overviews in searches builds on AI overviews, the AI-generated summaries supplies Google for certain Google search assignments. With Audio overviews, Google focuses on people who are auditory students or want more accessible ways to get information.
It is worth noting that today’s announcement a few days after a report from Wall Street Journal has been established that the AI overviews of Google and other AI-driven Tools kill traffic for news publishers.
