TechCrunch · Startups · 2026-08-27
Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI
Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI Mode, its conversational search experience. Users will now be able to ask AI Mode to track flight prices, book hotels, and see the cost of flights and hotels in points or miles. Users will now be able to ask AI Mode to track flight prices, book hotels, and see the cost of flights and hotels in points or miles. The updates indicate that Google is looking to position AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it's moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process.
Why it matters. Why it matters: Google is adding new ways for users to plan and book trips through AI Mode, its conversational search experience.
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