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Google has removed \u201cWhat People Suggest,\u201d a search feature that used AI to organize health perspectives from online discussions. The confirmation came as Google held its annual Check Up event, where it announced new AI health features for YouTube.<\/p>
A Google spokesperson confirmed the removal to The Guardian, calling it part of a \u201cbroader simplification\u201d of the search results page. The spokesperson said the decision was unrelated to the quality or safety of the feature. The Guardian also reported, citing three people familiar with the matter, that the feature was pulled after a trial run.<\/p>
\u201cWhat People Suggest\u201d launched on mobile devices in the U.S. last year at Google\u2019s annual health event, The Check Up. At the time, Karen DeSalvo, then Google\u2019s chief health officer, said people value hearing from others who have experienced similar health conditions. DeSalvo retired in August and was succeeded by Dr. Michael Howell, who led this year\u2019s Check Up announcements.<\/p>
At its 2026 Check Up event, Google announced AI health features across YouTube, Fitbit, and clinician education.<\/p>
Google says health-related videos on YouTube have surpassed 1 trillion views globally. The company is adding an AI-powered \u201cAsk\u201d button on eligible health videos that lets viewers interact with the content.<\/p>
Separately, Google is experimenting with AI to organize peer-reviewed scientific information and help present complex topics to broader audiences.<\/p>
In the blog post, Howell said a central challenge has been connecting people to the right health information at the right time.<\/p>
Google.org is committing $10 million to fund organizations that will reimagine clinician education for AI. The Council of Medical Specialty Societies and the American Academy of Nursing are the first partners.<\/p>
AI features in search results for health-related topics keep changing. Google pulled back one feature that showed forum-style perspectives and put new investment into medical education and structured video tools.<\/p>
YouTube\u2019s growing role in health-related AI Overviews is already documented. SE Ranking\u2019s study of German health queries found YouTube was the most-cited domain in health AI Overviews, appearing more often than medical or government sites. Adding interactive AI on top of those videos could reinforce that pattern.<\/p>
Google\u2019s AI features for health queries have faced pressure over the past year.<\/p>
In January, the Guardian published an investigation that found health experts considered some AI Overview responses misleading for medical queries. Google disputed elements of the reporting but later removed AI Overviews for some specific health searches, including queries about liver function tests.<\/p>
\u201cWhat People Suggest\u201d launched during the same period Google was expanding AI Overviews to thousands more health topics. Ahrefs data from November showed medical YMYL queries triggered AI Overviews 44.1% of the time, the highest rate among YMYL categories.<\/p>
The pattern over the past year points to tighter guardrails around some health AI experiences. Whether that direction holds is less certain.<\/p>
The removal of \u201cWhat People Suggest,\u201d and YouTube\u2019s continued citation visibility in AI Overviews, could point that way. But Google\u2019s track record with health-related AI features also shows these decisions can change quickly.<\/p>
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