# Google expands generative UI to AI Overviews

Published: 2026-08-19T19:18:02.296Z · Source: Search Engine Journal (https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-generative-ui-beyond-ai-mode-into-ai-overviews/586452/)
Source date: 2026-08-19
Entities: ai-overviews, ai-mode, google

Google has begun rolling out generative UI — on-the-fly visual layouts and interactive tools such as an adjustable pH scale — from AI Mode into AI Overviews, per Search Engine Journal. The feature launched in AI Mode in November 2025; full availability in AI Overviews is expected within weeks.

Why it matters: Sites built around calculators, converters and comparison tools face new direct competition from interactive tools generated inside the answer itself.

## What this answers

**Does Google AI Overviews show interactive tools now?**

Google is rolling out generative UI — on-the-fly visual layouts and interactive tools like an adjustable pH scale — from AI Mode into AI Overviews, per Search Engine Journal.


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