Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more

By Chronicle Newsroom · 2026-08-27 · Source: TechCrunch

The updates indicate that Google is looking position to 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 itself.

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