Ask HN: Is Google AI overview good enough now?

#1

Post by coldtrait » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 4:43 AM UTC

I think it's much better than before, and might even replace perplexity.

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#2

Post by esafak » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 4:45 AM UTC

I think so. It is my new search engine.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google AI overview good enough now?

#3

Post by collectedparts » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 4:56 AM UTC

So, yes, but there are random things that it can be disastrously bad at. Like math expressions (especially with units) where it will just give you some random hallucination. Where Gemini (even logged out) on the same thing is totally fine.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google AI overview good enough now?

#4

Post by collectedparts » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 4:57 AM UTC

collectedparts wrote: post #3

So, yes, but there are random things that it can be disastrously bad at. Like math expressions (especially with units) where it will just give you some random hallucination. Where Gemini (even logged out) on the same thing is totally fine.

In other words, it seems substantially less connected to "tools" than Gemini (even in an incognito).

Re: Ask HN: Is Google AI overview good enough now?

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Post by MattGaiser » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:03 AM UTC

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Post by AndyLeo » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:05 AM UTC

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Post by PeteAyscough » Wed, Mar 25, 2026, 5:32 AM UTC

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