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Google’s AI overviews is now generating phone comparisons, which is a truly bad idea
Google doing this makes it less likely that sites like us will do it. Then where will Google get the data from?
- Google Search’s AI Overviews is now generating phone comparison lists.
- As one would expect, the information Google bases its results on comes from sites like Android Authority.
- Google doing this makes it less likely that we’ll make this kind of content, and then where will AI Overviews get its information?
When you’re looking for the best smartphone you can get at the moment, one of the natural questions you’ll ask yourself is, “How does [new phone] compare to [my current phone]?” Usually, you’ll go to Google and ask that very question. When you do, you’ll find a long list of digital publications, YouTube videos, and even podcast episodes going over the nuances between Phone A and Phone B. This has been one of the core ways many tech outlets — including Android Authority — keep the lights on.
Today, though, via Search Engine Land, we learned that Google is rolling out AI-generated phone comparisons right in Google Search. Now, when you search for something like “galaxy s24 vs galaxy s23,” the AI Overviews system will create a comparison list for those two devices, giving you the core information you need to know about how each stacks against the other.
