{"id":1931,"date":"2026-01-22T07:25:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1931"},"modified":"2026-01-22T07:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:25:28","slug":"some-google-ai-overviews-now-use-gemini-3-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1931","title":{"rendered":"Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div id=\"articleContent\" itemprop=\"articlebody\"> <div class=\"bialty-container\"> <p>Google now uses Gemini 3 Pro to generate some AI Overviews in Search. For more complex queries, Google relies on Gemini 3 Pro to power those overviews.<\/p> <div style=\"background: radial-gradient(circle at 30% 40%, rgba(184, 111, 255, 0.15), rgba(0, 169, 255, 0.15) 40%, #CDE8FD 70%); padding: 30px; width: 100%; max-width: 802px; color: #000000 !important; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; margin: 25px 0 30px 0; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 2px 4px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;\"> <div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 100%; margin-bottom: 20px; text-align: left; padding-right: 20px; box-sizing: border-box;\"> <p> Your customers search everywhere. Make sure your brand <span style=\"background: linear-gradient(90deg, #D56EFE 0%, #068EF8 51%); -webkit-background-clip: text; -webkit-text-fill-color: transparent; background-clip: text;\">shows up<\/span>. <\/p> <p id=\"semrush-one-subhead\" style=\"font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 25px; margin: 12px 0 0 0; color: #000000 !important;\"> The SEO toolkit you know, plus the AI visibility data you need. <\/p> <\/p><\/div> <p> <span id=\"semrush-one-cta\" style=\"display: inline-block; background-color: #FF642D; color: white; height: 44px; border: none; border-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px; padding: 0 24px; font-weight: bold; white-space: nowrap; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration: none; line-height: 44px;\">Start Free Trial<\/span> <\/p> <div style=\"font-size: 12px;\"> <p>Get started with<\/p> <p> <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"52\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Semrush One Logo\" style=\"height: 16px; width: auto; display: block;\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/11\/semrush-one.webp\" title=\"Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro\u63d2\u56fe\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"52\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/11\/semrush-one.webp\" alt=\"Semrush One Logo\" style=\"height: 16px; width: auto; display: block;\" title=\"Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro\u63d2\u56fe1\" \/> <\/div> <\/p><\/div> <p>Google first announced this for AI Mode results in November. In December, it began using Gemini 3 Flash for AI Mode. Now, Google is bringing Gemini 3 Pro to AI Overviews for complex queries.<\/p> <p>Gemini 3 Pro generates AI Overviews for complex English queries worldwide and is available to Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.<\/p> <p><strong>What Google said. <\/strong>Robby Stein, VP of Product at Google Search wrote:<\/p> <ul class=\"wp-block-list\"> <li>\u201cUpdate: AI Overviews now tap into Gemini 3 Pro for complex topics.\u201d <\/li> <li>\u201cBehind the scenes, Search will intelligently route your toughest Qs to our frontier model (just like we do in AI Mode) while continuing to use faster models for simpler tasks.\u201d<\/li> <li>\u201cLive in English globally for Google AI Pro &amp; Ultra subs.\u201d<\/li> <\/ul> <p><strong>Why we care. <\/strong>Google\u2019s AI Overviews today may look different from how they did just a week ago. Google will keep improving its Gemini models and rolling those upgrades into Search, including AI Overviews and AI Mode.<\/p> <\/div> <hr\/> <p class=\"article-disclosure\"> <em>Search Engine Land is owned by Semrush. We remain committed to providing high-quality coverage of marketing topics. Unless otherwise noted, this page\u2019s content was written by either an employee or a paid contractor of Semrush Inc.<\/em> <\/p> <hr\/> <div class=\"author-about py-4\"> <div class=\"card bg-light\"> <div class=\"row gx-0\"> <div class=\"col-12 col-lg-auto\"> <div class=\"authorImage p-2\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg\" title=\"Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro\u63d2\u56fe2\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-fluid rounded avatar-border\" src=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/wp-content\/seloads\/2025\/05\/1630496745425.jpeg\" alt=\"Barry Schwartz\" width=\"140\" height=\"140\" title=\"Some Google AI Overviews now use Gemini 3 Pro\u63d2\u56fe3\" \/> <\/div> <\/p><\/div> <div class=\"col-12 col-lg\"> <div class=\"card-body author-body p-2\"> <div id=\"authorBio-251\" class=\"author-desc\"> <p>Barry Schwartz is a technologist and a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics.<\/p> <p>In 2019, Barry was awarded the Outstanding Community Services Award from Search Engine Land, in 2018 he was awarded the US Search Awards the &#8220;US Search Personality Of The Year,&#8221; you can learn more over here and in 2023 he was listed as a top 50 most influential PPCer by Marketing O&#8217;Clock.<\/p> <p>Barry can be followed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rustybrick\/\">on X here<\/a>\u00a0and you can learn more about\u00a0Barry Schwartz over here or on his personal site.<\/p> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/p><\/div> <\/div> <p> <!-- START SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p> <p><!-- END SIDEBAR LOWER SPACE --><\/p><\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>News#Google #Overviews #Gemini #Pro1769037928<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google now uses Gemini 3 Pro to generate some AI Overviews in Search. For more complex queries, Google relies on Gemini 3 Pro to power those overviews. Your customers search everywhere. Make sure your brand shows up. The SEO toolkit you know, plus the AI visibility data you need. 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