Google’s AI-powered search experience expands globally to 120+ countries and territories

Google’s AI-powered search experience is . Starting today, the AI-based

These join other supported languages, including English, Hindi and Japanese. In addition, SGE will see other minor improvements, starting in the U.S., in terms of asking follow-up questions and using features like translations and definitions.

Launched earlier this year, SGE is Google’s answer to definitions of terms you may not be familiar with in certain subjects (like STEM, economics, history and others), improvements to its coding-related answers, as well as the .

Today, in addition to the global expansion, Google will begin testing a new way for users to ask follow-up questions directly on the search results page. Now, as you explore a topic, you’ll be able to see your prior questions and search results, including Search ads in dedicated slots throughout the page, Google says. The company is positioning this as an easier way to dive deeper into a topic, but it’s also about making sure its ads business stays relevant in the AI-powered search era.

Image Credits: Google This update will arrive first in the U.S. in English in the weeks ahead.

Another improvement is coming to SGE’s translation feature. When you ask Search to translate a phrase where some words could have more than one possible meaning, you can tap on those words and pick the meaning that relates to what it is you want to say. This option may also appear when you need to specify the gender for a particular word.

This feature will initially come to U.S. users for English-to-Spanish translations in the weeks ahead, and more countries will be added in the future.

Another small tweak involves the that allows users to ask for definitions of unfamiliar words found in answers about select educational topics in their AI-powered overviews. Now, in addition to science, economics and history, you can ask for definitions in areas like coding and health information. When available, these words will be highlighted, so you can hover over them to preview the definition and related images.

This option will arrive over the next month in English in the U.S. with more countries to follow.

“We’re at the beginning of a long arc of innovation, and we’re excited by the progress so far,” Hema Budaraju, Google’s senior director of Product Management for Search, tells TechCrunch. “Now, even more people around the world can use generative AI in Search for everyday help and we look forward to expanding to even more countries in the future.”

For reference, the full list of countries and territories that now have access to SGE includes the following:

American Samoa Angola Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Botswana Brazil Brunei Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile Colombia Comoros Congo [DRC] Congo [Republic] Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Fiji French Guiana Gabon Gambia Ghana Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyzstan Laos Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Northern Mariana Islands Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Sri Lanka Suriname Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkmenistan Tuvalu U.S. Virgin Islands Uganda United States Minor Outlying Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Zambia Zimbabwe

Based on reporting by techcrunch.com.