Google Search users in more than 200 countries now have access to real-time voice and camera-based search through AI Mode. Google confirmed in its March 26 blog post, authored by Liza Ma, Director of Product Management for Search, that Search Live has expanded globally to every language and location where AI Mode is available.
First launched in July 2025, Search Live had previously been limited to users in the United States and India. The global expansion to all AI Mode markets, more than 200 countries, happened in a single rollout.
The Model Behind the Rollout
The expansion is enabled by Google's new audio and voice model, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live, which delivers more natural and intuitive conversations. The model is inherently multilingual, allowing users around the world to speak with Search in their preferred language.
Google described Gemini 3.1 Flash Live as its "highest-quality audio and voice model yet," built to deliver the speed and natural rhythm needed for the next generation of voice-first AI. The model supports more than 90 languages for real-time multimodal conversations.
All audio generated by Gemini 3.1 Flash Live is watermarked with SynthID. This imperceptible watermark is interwoven directly into the audio output, allowing for the reliable detection of AI-generated content to help prevent misinformation.
How Search Live Works
Search Live is designed for moments when real-time help is needed and typing out a query is impractical. To access it, users open the Google app on Android or iOS and tap the Live icon under the Search bar, ask a question out loud to receive an audio response, and can then continue the conversation with follow-up questions or explore web links.
Users can also access Search Live through Google Lens to have a real-time conversation about what their camera sees in the world. When camera input is enabled, Search Live uses the live camera feed as visual context alongside the spoken query, allowing it to surface relevant information about objects or tasks directly in view.
Canada Now Included
Canada is among the markets receiving the feature as part of the global rollout. Sabrina Geremia, Vice President and Country Managing Director at Google Canada, confirmed availability in a LinkedIn post on March 26, 2026, noting that Canadian users can access Search Live in both English and French.
Implications for Marketers and SEO Practitioners
A Google guide distributed to marketers in March 2026 described queries in AI Mode as now being three times longer than traditional searches, with a meaningful share generating follow-up questions within the same session. The feature's reliance on real-time audio responses changes the nature of how information is surfaced. Rather than returning a ranked list of links, Search Live synthesizes a spoken answer drawn from web content and then provides links for deeper exploration.
For search and content practitioners, this shifts the optimization surface toward conversational query structures, structured data clarity, and content that can be accurately cited in a spoken response. How camera-triggered queries affect click-through rates and publisher traffic in voice-delivered results has not yet been addressed by Google in any published guidance.
Developer Access
Gemini 3.1 Flash Live is Google's highest-quality audio model, designed for natural and reliable real-time dialogue. Developers can access it through the Gemini Live API in Google AI Studio, while enterprises can use it for customer experience applications. On ComplexFuncBench Audio, a benchmark capturing multi-step function calling with various constraints, the model leads with a score of 90.8%. On Scale AI's Audio MultiChallenge, Gemini 3.1 Flash Live leads with a score of 36.1% with "thinking" enabled.
Google's March 26 blog post on Gemini 3.1 Flash Live states that the model's global deployment through Search Live and Gemini Live, now active in more than 200 countries, represents its broadest consumer audio rollout to date.
