The "SGE while browsing" feature, currently being tested in Search Labs, is designed to help users engage more deeply with long-form content and find information more easily. It provides an AI-generated list of key points in an article, with links to the relevant sections. This feature is only available on freely available articles and does not work on paywalled content. Publishers have control over designating their content as free or paywalled. Users can provide feedback on these experiments through Search Labs in the Google app or on Chrome desktop.
Key takeaways:
- Generative AI-powered Search experience (SGE) is being updated to provide definitions within AI-generated responses, better understand coding information, and help users learn more easily as they browse the web.
- Users will be able to hover over certain words to preview definitions and see related diagrams or images on the topic.
- Code in overviews will now be color-coded with syntax highlighting, making it easier to identify elements like keywords, comments, and strings.
- An early experiment called 'SGE while browsing' is being launched, which generates a list of key points an article covers and helps users navigate information online more efficiently.