Audio Overviews in Search builds on AI Overviews, the AI-generated summaries Google supplies for certain Google Search queries. With Audio Overviews, Google is targeting people who are auditory learners or want more accessible ways to get information.

You’ll see a "Generate Audio Overview" button appear, and after a short wait, about 40 seconds according to Google, you’ll get a fully voiced summary. The audio pulls from top search results and delivers a conversational recap, featuring two voices that play off each other to make the experience more engaging.

Google's latest experimental feature can literally tell you the answer, in a tiny audio clip that loads right to your results page. Launched Friday in Search Labs, Audio Overviews uses Google's latest Gemini AI models to turn certain queries into 30- to 45-second,