Google expands Search Live to 200+ countries with Gemini 3.1 Flash Live

Google said on March 26, 2026 that Search Live is expanding to every language and country where AI Mode is already available, pushing the feature to more than 200 countries and territories. The rollout is built on Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, Google’s new audio and speech model, and it turns mobile search into a more conversational interface that can listen, speak back, and use the camera as context.

The company positions Search Live for situations where typing is too slow or awkward. Inside the Google app on Android and iOS, users tap the Live icon under the search bar, ask a question aloud, and continue with follow-up questions in the same session. Google says the feature can also take visual input. If a user points the camera at an object or scene, Search Live can respond with spoken guidance and links, effectively combining AI Mode, Lens, and voice interaction into one flow.

The multilingual angle is a major part of the announcement. Google says Gemini 3.1 Flash Live was designed as a multilingual model from the start, which is what makes the global rollout possible beyond a small set of English-first markets. That matters because voice interfaces usually break down quickly once accents, code-switching, and local language coverage enter the picture. By tying Search Live to a more globally distributed model, Google is signaling that its next search interface is supposed to scale internationally, not just serve as a US demo.

This is also one more step in Google’s effort to reshape search around persistent dialogue instead of isolated queries. Search results are no longer just a list of links that follow a typed string. In Search Live, the user can move between voice, follow-up questions, and camera input while Google keeps the interaction threaded. That puts Search closer to an assistant experience, but with the web and traditional search results still attached.

The practical constraint is that the expansion only applies where AI Mode is already available. Even so, the March 26 rollout is important because it shows Google is willing to ship voice-and-vision AI search at global scale, using the model itself as the bridge between markets rather than limiting the feature to a handful of premium test regions.