Google expands AI Mode: Flight Deals goes global, Canvas and agentic booking tools roll out

Google has broadened its AI Mode capabilities across search and services. The Flight Deals beta — an AI‑powered natural‑language search that hunts for the best airfare — is expanding globally, while agentic booking features for restaurants, tickets and appointments are being rolled out to more US users.

Alongside these updates, Google introduced Canvas: a workspace where users can build plans and projects, including trip itineraries. Within Canvas you can describe the type of trip you want and AI will suggest destinations, hotels and bookings, helping stitch together research into a coherent plan.

What’s new

• Flight Deals (global beta): Ask in plain language and the tool searches broadly to surface good flight options and deals.
• Agentic booking expansion: AI Mode can now assist more users in the US with booking restaurants, event tickets and wellness appointments — performing multi‑step tasks on your behalf.
• Canvas workspace: A central place to plan trips or projects, with AI suggesting destinations, hotels and activities based on your prompts.
• Agentic shopping & price‑watch: Recent additions let Google track item prices and purchase automatically once a target discount is reached.

How it works & controls

When you queue a Flight Deals search, Google’s systems crawl and compare options, returning multi‑option results tailored to your request. Agentic features require user permission to carry out bookings or purchases — for example, shoppers must grant consent for automated checkout at a set price. Canvas organizes suggestions and lets you refine plans before committing to bookings.

Privacy, accuracy and adoption

As Google expands agentic AI features, users should consider privacy and control settings. Confirm how payment permissions, data usage and booking confirmations are handled before enabling automated purchases or bookings. Accuracy of recommendations will improve with wider rollout, but users should still review suggested bookings and prices before approving transactions.

If you want to try Flight Deals or learn more about Google’s travel tools, start at Google Flights or check Google’s product updates (opens in a new tab): blog.google.

Discussion: Would you let Google’s AI book flights or restaurants for you if it could find the best deals and make purchases automatically? What safeguards would you want before enabling agentic AI for bookings?