Google starts testing ‘Search Live’ in AI Mode 

After previewing at I/O 2025, Google is beginning to test AI Mode’s new “Search Live” experience. Powered by Project Astra (just like Gemini Live), it lets you have a real-time conversation with Google. 

If rolled out to you, the Google app will show a waveform badged by a sparkle underneath the Search bar. (That is curiously the same icon used by Gemini Live. As such, this must be Google’s icon for “Live” conversational experiences.) It replaces the left…