Google AI Mode Adds Instacart, Canva, YouTube Music
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- Google announced Thursday that US users can now link to and interact with some apps directly within AI Mode, the company's AI-powered search experience
- The initial supported integrations include Instacart, Canva, and YouTube Music, letting users carry out tasks from within the AI search interface
- The expansion builds on Connected Apps, an existing AI Mode feature, according to 9to5Google's headline — suggesting Google is broadening an established capability rather than launching it for the first time
Why it matters: For US users, AI Mode becomes more useful as a single hub — shopping on Instacart, designing in Canva, or playing music via YouTube Music without leaving the AI search interface. For Google, deeper in-product app integration makes AI Mode stickier and gives it a practical edge over OpenAI and Perplexity in the AI search race, while also pulling more user activity into Google's ecosystem.