A federal judge in California has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Google of unlawfully dominating web search on smartphones, but said the consumers should get another chance after a Washington, D.C. court separately ruled the tech giant spent billions to create an illegal monopoly. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin in San Francisco on Friday dismissed the consumers‘ antitrust lawsuit against Google, finding they had not provided enough factual evidence showing any harm from the Alphabet unit’s market dominance.<\/b>
\nGoogle on Thursday said will be launching to six new countries, including India „over the next several weeks.“ The search giant launched in Search in May, starting with the US, to help people quickly discover information on the web. „After extensive testing and positive feedback, including in the US and globally, we\u2019re bringing the helpfulness of AI Overviews to six new countries: India, United Kingdom, Japan, Indonesia, Mexico and Brazil \u2013 along with local language support in each country“, Hema Budaraju, senior director, product management, Search said in a blog post. In India, Google said it will be rolling out AI Overviews in and . It will also introduce popular India-first features that were well-received during the company’s Search Labs experiment. This includes helping a user easily switch between English and Hindi results with the language toggle button, and listen to responses with Text-To-Speech by tapping the ‚Listen‘ button.“Since launching in the US, we’ve found people who use AI Overviews use Search more and are more satisfied with their results. People who are looking for help with complex topics are engaging more and keep coming back for AI Overviews“, Budaraju said. She said that people were already asking longer questions, diving deeper into complex subjects and uncovering new perspectives \u2014 which means more opportunities for people to discover content from publishers, businesses and creators.Google took its first step with the launch of its gen AI experiment in Search Labs last year, where it said it saw positive feedback, globally and in India, with opted-in users in India appreciating the India-focused features like the and text-to-speech capability.AI Overviews will be rolled out „gradually over the course of several weeks.“ It said that through their testing in these markets, they found that people prefer using , and they found their search results more helpful. In fact, as part of the testing, Google said it saw that Indian users listen to AI Overviews responses more often than other countries.Google said it is also introducing more ways to check out relevant websites while a user searches, with a new right-hand link display for AI Overviews on desktop \u2013 also accessible on mobile by tapping the site icons on the upper right. These updates are starting to roll out globally from Thursday for AI Overviews in all launched countries, as well as for Search Labs users in more than 120 countries and territories.“We’re also currently testing the addition of links to relevant web pages directly within the text of AI Overviews (in addition to the prominent links we already show), making it even easier for people to click out and visit sites that interest them“, Budaraju said.<\/p>\n