Google is starting to allow AI Mode users to share their camera in Search Live after the announcement at I/O 2025.
Google declared in May that it would be integrating “Project Astra’s live capabilities into Search.” This allows you to communicate back and forth with Google Search via voice and video, much like the Gemini app. In June, the first component went through testing.
The fullscreen Search Live interface now has a new button for camera input for those participating in Search Labs. The top part of your screen, above the four-color arc, becomes a viewfinder when Video is turned on. The way the arc dips down when Search Live is responding is another lovely design element.
Search Live is accessible at the top of the Google app, under the Search field, or from the bottom-right corner of an AI Mode conversation. Then, between Transcript and Mute/microphone, tap “Video.”
As part of a minor change that moves to a fullscreen viewfinder, Google Lens also offers Search Live. by Search, Translate, and Live, the solid part at the bottom has been replaced by a pill. (The homework has been switched out.) Unlike the other voice-first activation options, tapping brings Search Live right to an active camera.
Several US accounts participating in the Labs trial using the most recent stable and beta versions of the Google app on Android are displaying Search Live’s camera mode.