Google announced five new AI-powered learning features in Search, according to a post on the company's blog. The features include generative UI, which produces interactive visuals and simulations in AI Overviews and AI Mode, such as an interactive pH scale. Google says generative UI has launched globally in English in AI Mode and has begun rolling out in AI Overviews. A second feature offers customized practice quizzes for subjects and for standardized tests including the ACT, AP, ENEM, GRE, JEE, LSAT, MCAT, NEET, and SAT. Google states these quizzes draw on content from partners The Princeton Review, Careers360, PhysicsWallah, and Akira Enem, and are available free of charge globally in English. A third feature adds an interactive learning experience to Lens in Search, allowing users to photograph a problem and receive explanations; Google says this will roll out globally in English over the coming weeks. Fourth, Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) is being brought to AI Mode, rolling out across more than 180 countries in English, excluding the European Economic Area. Fifth, custom file creation in AI Mode lets users generate study documents, presentations, spreadsheets, and text files from uploaded materials; Google says it has rolled out globally in English.
- Practice quizzes support ACT, AP, ENEM, GRE, JEE, LSAT, MCAT, NEET, and SAT, using content from The Princeton Review, Careers360, PhysicsWallah, and Akira Enem
- Notebooks in AI Mode roll out across 180+ countries in English, excluding the European Economic Area
- Generative UI and custom file creation have launched globally in English; Lens learning rolls out over coming weeks
What it means for you
Google is folding study aids — interactive visuals, quizzes, photo-based problem help, and document generation — directly into Search's AI features. If you already use Google to look things up, these tools appear where you're already searching, no separate app needed. It's aimed at students, but the quiz and document-generation pieces can help anyone learning a new subject.
Try this
If you're studying anything this week, try asking Search in AI Mode to 'create a quiz on [your topic]' or snap a photo of a problem with Lens to get a step-by-step explanation, and judge whether the answers hold up.
Who should care
Students, exam-preppers, and anyone teaching themselves a technical subject who already uses Google Search.
Skip this if
You're not learning anything new right now, you're in the European Economic Area (notebooks aren't available there), or you already have study tools you trust.
Sources: Google AI — read the original